Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST In this episode, Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch travel to WWII France to discuss the much loved 1982 - 1992 sitcom ALLO' ALLO! We talk catchphrases, bad French and the Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies as well as taking a specific look at the 2007 tv special THE RETURN OF ALLO' ALLO'. So pull up a chair in Café René, order a glass of the cheap wine... and try not to grope the waitresses! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast all about the sometimes odd world of British sitcoms. In this episode we’re joined once again by Mark Adams from SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE: A RED DWARF PODCAST as we delve headfirst into series one of the Grant/Nayler sitcom THE 10%ERS. Yes, having previously teamed up to discuss the 1993 pilot episode (available to listen to now in our back catalogue!), we thought we'd do the only honourable thing and return for a full review of the first series! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Guest Mark Adams Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST Prepare for insanity as we revisit the 1996 surrealist sitcom, ASYLUM created by Edgar Wright and David Walliams and written by Wright, Walliams and the cast - including Julian Barratt, Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes and Normal Lovett. It’s weird, surreal and dark… but is it funny? Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch do the hard work so you don’t have to as we take a deep dive into this oddity from the archives. - PLEASE NOTE: We had a mysterious sound issue at the time of recording (which turned out to be a faulty microphone). Apologies for the light crackle in places! - Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST. Its Valentine's Day and love is in the air so to celebrate Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch do a compare and contrast of two classic, romantic comedy sitcoms; AS TIME GOES BY and GAVIN & STACEY. Is there a meet-cute? Does anyone dash to the airport? Are there crossed wires or mistaken identity? Does boy meet girl, boy get girl, boy loose girl, boy get girl back? Or does girl do all the hard work? We look at the tropes, characters and set ups in these two shows and ask if they really do embody rom-com. Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST. Blackadder is 40! (well, 40 and a bit!) From writers Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, starring Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson (to name but a few) Blackadder tells the story of The Blackadder Dynasty, one of the most important and influential families in British history. Starting in 1983 and spanning into the new Millennium, Blackadder is made up of 4 series, a couple of specials, sketches and a (short) film, so there’s a lot to talk about. Your hosts Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch do their best to cover all iterations of this classic comedy. Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Or is it? Because in this episode we’re joined by Mark Adams and Carl Bryan from SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE: A RED DWARF PODCAST. The subject of our epic crossover is the 1993 Grant/Nayler sitcom (pilot) THE 10%ERS. Set in the offices of a fictional theatrical agency and staring Clive Francis, Benedict Taylor and Elizabeth Bennet, it tells the story of a group of unscrupulous talent agents as they attempt to wheel and deal for their clients… with varying degrees of success. Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Guests Mark Adams & Carl Bryan Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. In this episode, we take a look at the interesting quirk of sitcom recasting and how it affects a show when a cast member unexpectedly leaves! Whether recasting the same role or introducing a new character, changing things up can often be a good thing but does it always work? Everything from ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES through to CUCKOO gets a nod as we talk the pros and cons of recasting and in some cases, you might even think it makes the show better… - NOTE: We had a mysterious sound issue at the time of recording but plowed ahead. Apologies for the light crackle in places! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. In this episode, tying into the recent Coronation of King Charles III, Tony Black & Robert Turnbull elevate themselves to discuss The Windsors, Channel 4's perky farcical satire about the British Royal Family, which has been running since 2016. They focus on the recent Coronation special, discuss caricature, wax lyrical about the actors involved, but question if it really has enough teeth. Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. In this episode, Tony Black & Robert Turnbull, as Easter beckons, join the congregation to examine REV., the ecclesiastical BBC sitcom starring Tom Hollander & Olivia Colman which ran from 2010-2014. Along the way, they discuss the role of the church in modern day life, the career trajectory of the stars of the show, and much much more... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST It’s time to get political as Robert Turnbull and Alex Lynch discuss the 1984 Christmas Special of YES, MINISTER and the 1987 first episode of THE NEW STATESMAN. In the run up to the 2024 UK general election we thought we'd do a compare and contrast on how these two very different shows tackle politics! WARNING: while all care has been taken to stay politically balanced this episode does contain extremely strong language as well as extremely strong opinions on the Tory party bastards who have wrecked our country over the past 14 years... * *Other political opinions are available* Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greetings citizens and welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. In this episode, Tony Black & Robert Turnbull travel back to ancient Pompeii--or should that be the very early 1970s--to discuss bawdy Frankie Howerd-starring sitcom UP POMPEII!, which ran through the 1970s and was rebooted briefly in the early 1990s. Along the way they discuss Howerd's career, stage musicals, Carry On films, proto-Blackadders and the fascinating history of one of British comedy's cheekiest sitcoms... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they look, in the second of a two-part episode, at film adaptations of classic and not so classic sitcoms. Counting down from their 5-1 choices in a Top Ten list, they discuss movies including THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN'S APOCALYPSE, BLESS THIS HOUSE, STEPTOE & SON, ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA and many more... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they look, in the first of a two-part episode, at film adaptations of classic and not so classic sitcoms. Counting down from their 10-6 choices in a Top Ten list, they discuss movies including DAD'S ARMY, BEAN, GEORGE & MILDRED, HOLIDAY ON THE BUSES (no, we're not joking!) and many more. Don't miss Part 2 as they discuss their 5-1 choices... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull, in their first new episode of 2023, as they celebrate Valentine's week with a trip into the romantic world of John Sullivan's JUST GOOD FRIENDS, one of the sitcom sensations of the 1980s starring Paul Nicholas & Jan Francis... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about the British television sitcom. In this special Christmas episode, your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull each choose a favourite festive comedy special and discuss why they love it, with some analysis thrown in. Tony went lowbrow (again) with Men Behaving Badly's 'Jingle Balls' and Rob went (sort of again) highbrow with all three of The Vicar of Dibley Christmas specials in 1996, 1999 & 2004. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they celebrate the 40th anniversary of anarchic early 80s comedy THE YOUNG ONES, featuring the next generation of alternative comedians lampooning the sitcom stable in unique fashion. They are joined by special guest Richard Latto, BBC producer behind the new 40th anniversary Blu-ray set, who talks about the show and the exciting new extras included on the release. Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Guest Richard Latto Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they celebrate the 30th anniversary of ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS by discussing Jennifer Saunders' popular comedy which ran from 1992-2012, in the second of a two-part episode. Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they celebrate the 30th anniversary of ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS by discussing Jennifer Saunders' popular comedy which ran from 1992-2012, in the first of a two-part episode. Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they celebrate the 100th year centenary of the BBC by looking at the broad sweep of BBC sitcom. Going back all the way to the late 1940s, we cover the sweep of key decades across the 20th century where BBC comedy helped shape the social fabric of a changing nation, from Alf Garnett's counter-cultural railing in the 1960s, to Basil Fawlty's latent imperial anxiety across the 70s, and into the lad/ladette culture of the 1990s, before looking at what the 21st century has offered so far. This and so much more! Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST It’s self promotion time in our very special SHAMELESS CLIP SHOW episode! For a while we had a Patreon and subscription tier called Extra Laughs. We don't know but we’ve edited together a clip show with a few highlights of what you missed, some of which might resurface in the future! With clips from our discussions on: Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, movie rom coms including the films Staggered, Chasing Amy and The Truth About Cats and Dogs, a little snippet of our Fawlty Towers stage show review as well as a few of our thoughts on Animated Comedy before ending with a soupçon of chat about sketch show, Six Pairs of Pants. Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they celebrate the 40th anniversary of WHOOPS APOCALYPSE! by discussing David Renwick & Andrew Marshall's cult comedy from 1982. A satire of the end of the world, the series features a feckless US President under the spell of a fundamentalist, a decaying Soviet state of old men and cloned replacements, and a bonkers British Prime Minister who believes he is Superman. The show depicts, at the latter stage height of the Cold War, a race between idiots toward WW3 - does the series resonate in a 2020s with escalating nuclear conflict and a resurgent Russian threat? We take a look. Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they travel back to 1999 (or maybe 1969) to discuss Arthur Mathews' short-lived BBC sitcom, HIPPIES. Set at the end of the 60s, featuring Simon Pegg, Sally Phillips, Julian Rhind-Tutt & Darren Boyd as an assortment of middle-class hippies running a counterculture magazine, the series confronts many of the cliches of the era - fashion, hair, festivals etc... but whether it truly manages to bring it all to life is open to question. We try and find out. Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they head for HMP Slade to discuss Dick Clement & Ian la Frenais' 1970s BBC sitcom, PORRIDGE. Starring the great Ronnie Barker as seasoned lag Norman Stanley Fletcher, wheeling, dealing and conniving his way in stir as he plans to 'go straight', Porridge has gone down in sitcom history as one of the greats. But has it stood the test of time? What about the legacy of its sequels and revivals? And what impact did it have on shows to come? Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull for a sadly unexpected tribute episode to the great Bernard Cribbins, who passed away July 27th, 2022, at the age of 93. They take a whistle stop tour through his long career discussing his early CARRY ON movies, his legendary TV appearances such as voicing THE WOMBLES and playing Mr Hutchinson in FAWLTY TOWERS' 'The Hotel Inspectors', all the way through to his late in life famed role in DOCTOR WHO, and with a special focus on 1983's CUFFY, one of the few sitcoms he had a starring role in... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they look, in the second of a two-part episode, at the best British sitcom themes of all time. Counting down from their 5-1 choices in a Top Ten list, they discuss the themes to series across the decades as diverse as ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES, ALLO ALLO, RED DWARF, BLACKADDER and many more. Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they look, in the first of a two-part episode, at the best British sitcom themes of all time. Counting down from their 10-6 choices in a Top Ten list, they discuss the themes to series across the decades as diverse as HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR, THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN, THE VICAR OF DIBLEY, ARE YOU BEING SERVED? and many more. Don't miss Part 2 as they discuss their 5-1 choices... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they discuss Robert Popper's celebrated Channel Four sitcom FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER, which ran for six series between 2011-2020. Revolving around the Goodman's, a middle-class Jewish family, we see sons Adam & Jonny visit their parents Jackie & Martin each Friday night for what turns out to inevitably be a chaotic, strange or sometimes tense dinner, often dragging their weird neighbour Jim and the dog he owns but is terrified of, Wilson, into the madness. A cult show that grew into a favourite across several generations, what made the show such a success? Does it deserve to be heralded as the defining British family sitcom of the 2010s? We take a look and try to find out... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about the British television sitcom. In this special Christmas episode, your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull each choose a favourite festive comedy special and discuss why they love it, with some analysis thrown in. Tony went lowbrow with Bottom's 'Holy' and Rob went (sort of) highbrow with Blackadder's Christmas Carol. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about the British television sitcom. In this special episode, a crossover with Red Dwarf podcast SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE, host Tony Black is joined by Matt Latham for the second of a seven-part season by season dissection of 90s sitcom, THE BRITTAS EMPIRE. Host Tony Black Co-Host / Editor Matt Latham Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about the British television sitcom. In this special episode, a crossover with Red Dwarf podcast SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE, host Tony Black is joined by Matt Latham for the first of a seven-part season by season dissection of 90s sitcom, THE BRITTAS EMPIRE. Host Tony Black Co-Host / Editor Matt Latham Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST We're back in the good old U S of A for the concluding part of of our epic (which means long) two part US Sitcom special, talking all things AMERICAN SITCOM! Rob Turnbull & Alex Lynch continue their look at the world of US American sitcoms and share their all important 5-1 of their personal Top 10s - as well as touching base ona. few sitcoms they don't like... you'll even get to hear Rob sing... sort of...  What shows make the grade and will your faves be on the list? Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they discuss Sean Lock's short-lived blend of sitcom and sketch show from 2002-2004, 15 STOREYS HIGH. Lock plays Vince, owner of a dingy London flat, who takes on Benedict Wong's flatmate Errol and the series depicts their grim lives and vignettes of numerous people in the same tower block. After Lock's tragic recent death to cancer, the series has been repeated after years in obscurity, but does it stand the test of time? Is it a lost gem? Or was it lost for a reason? Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they break format and focus in on their own personal histories with the British sitcom. What were the first comedies they watched? Which ones did they fall hard for and when? And what are their personal favourites? This and more in a wide ranging chat covering decades of sitcom... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they discuss Graham Linehan & Arthur Matthews' short-lived sitcom PARIS, starring Alexei Sayle, which aired in 1994. Sayle appears as Alain Degout, a foul mouthed and uncouth artist in 1920s Paris who believes himself a genius not respected in his time. With all the trappings of a traditional sitcom, why did Paris last just one series and retain zero cultural footprint? Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they discuss Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant's mockumentary sitcom THE OFFICE, from 2001-2003. A transatlantic sensation that spawned a legion of similar comedies in both the UK & US, how did The Office change comedy? Does it remain as groundbreaking as it was and it is still as powerful a commentary on the workplace as it was? We unpick it and find out... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they discuss John Cleese & Connie Booth's classic 1970s sitcom FAWLTY TOWERS. Frequently cited as one of the greatest comedies of all time, has Basil Fawlty and his madcap escapades in his Torquay hotel stood the test of time? We unpick themes, meanings, problems and successes in this beloved and seminal comedy... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they discuss the concept of the podcast, what you can expect, and what they might be covering in the near future... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST Hot diggity-dog and gosh darn it, we've only gone and recorded an epic 2 part special talking about AMERICAN SITCOMS! Thats right, Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch take a long look at the world of US American sitcoms and share numbers 10-6 of their personal Top 10s - as well as dipping a toe into the history of American Sitcoms.  What shows make the grade and will your faves be on the list? (Numbers 5-1 will be covered in our next episode!) Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST Get out your rent books and open a bottle of Cinzano, in this episode we’re talking about RISING DAMP. Running from 1974-78 and staring Leonard Rossiter as the odious Rigsby and Frances de la Tour, Richard Beckinsale and Don Warrington as his long suffering tenants. Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch look at the background of the show, the themes and ideas its attempting to tackle and try hard not to do too many bad Rigsby impressions... Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST In space, no one can hear you laugh... Prepare to boldly go where not many people want to go, as Alex Lynch and Rob Turnbull explore the 1977 pilot episode of Croft & Lloyd's Come Back Mrs Noah. It's a sci-fi comedy that was ahead of its time but a little bit too old fashioned as, in the title role, gets blasted into space in the year 2150. It's Mollie Sugden one from the archives... but should it have stayed there? Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST OooOOooOOoooooOooo!!! Spooky goings on as Alex Lynch and Rob Turnbull talk about GHOSTS the supernatural sitcom from the EX-HORRIBLE HISTORIES cast (now known as THEM THERE). Running from 2019 to 2023, the show tells the story of a group of eccentric ghosts and the long suffering couple trying to coexist in the rambling, falling apart, Button House. A show so good it needs an extra long episode to discuss it all! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST VWOOOORP! VWOOOORP! VWOOORP! Thanks to some wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey shenanagans fellow podcast THE TARDIS CREW has materialised inside YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING as Baz & Ben Greenland join Rob Turnbull to talk about the 1999 Red Nose Day special THE CURSE OF FATAL DEATH. To help celebrate the network's 5 year anniversary our two podcasts team up and get to grips with this DOCTOR WHO comedy special. But is it more sitcom or more DOCTOR WHO? Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Guests Baz & Bęn Greenland Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST Get your shoes on, grab your school bag and get in the car because in this episode Rob Turnbull & Alex Lynchtake a trip to... I said get your shoes on... get your shoes on we're going to be late... I don't know, I think you left them by the door... just get your shoes on we're going to be late... In this episode we talk about the 2016-2022 sitcom that deals with the moderns pressures and trials of middle class parenting, MOTHERLAND... Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST It's Halloween and Rob Turnbull & Alex Lynch get their spooky on to discuss the 2001 sitcom, Dr TERRIBLE'S HOUSE OF HORRIBLE. Is this a chillingly good blast from the past worthy of resurrection or shambling zombie that should stay dead and buried? Find out our thoughts in our latest hauntingly ghoul... I mean good... episode. Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST It's CHRIIIIISTMAAAAS and Rob Turnbull & Alex Lynch get to grips with a couple of festive specials; THE GOOD LIFE - Silly, but its fun (1977) and KNOWING ME, KNOWING YULE (1995) So pop open the sherry, scoff another mince pie and relax as we put the he, he, he back in the ho, ho, ho. Merry Christmas! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST. After a lengthy hiatus, we're back for a brand new series of episodes with Rob Turnbull hosting and after over two years, the long-awaited return of founding host Tony Black! He joins Rob to discuss an apposite choice for his return, 1973-1974 Dick Clement & Ian le Frenais comedy Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes as Geordie lads Terry Collier and Bob Ferris, reunited after years apart... just like Tony and Rob! They discuss social and political mores of the early 1970s, whether the show holds up, the nature of the stars relationship, and much more... Host Robert Turnbull Co-Host / Editor A. J. Black Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST. In this episode, Robert Turnbull is Joined by Alex Lynch to discuss Spaced. Created by Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes (Stephenson at the time) and directed by Edgar Wright, this surreal, pop-culture heavy sitcom not only launched its creators now international careers, its also managed to influenced comedy and sitcoms ever since! But is it funny...? Listen here and find out! (don't skip to the end) Host/Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find Robert on Twitter: @Forducks Find Alex at: www.alexlynch.co.uk Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST. In this episode, your hosts Tony Black and Rob Turnbull discuss The Cockfields from writers Joe Wilkinson & David Earl, which ran from 2019 to 2021. Starring Wilkinson, Sue Johnston and initially Diane Morgan and Bobby Ball, it concerns the titular family on the Isle of Wight and all their eccentricities during a visit to the pastoral family home. Cast changes were forced in part by COVID-19 for a second season that perhaps outdoes the first. But is this gentle comedy a quiet great that too few people have discovered? Listen and find out! Host/Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Rob Turnbull Find Robert on Twitter: @Forducks Find Tony here: linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST. In this episode, your hosts Tony Black and Rob Turnbull discuss Bottom, the legendary violent cult comedy from 1991 to 1995 written by and starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. Following the sad lives of Hammersmith residents Richard Richard and Edward Elizabeth Hitler, Bottom depicts two lazy, unemployed, perverted middle aged men beautifully. Richie wants to get laid. Eddie wants to drink. Both end up trapped in a hyper-real, comic-book Samuel Beckett world of nihilistic nonsense. How well has the stylised world Rik & Ade created held up over the last 30 years? Plus! Tony is joined by Paul Tanter, one of the co-authors of Talking Bottom: A Guide to the Cult Sitcom, to discuss the show, comedy and much more. We can honestly say they get deep inside Bottom and get the most out of it. Phwoaaaaar! Host/Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Rob Turnbull Guest Paul Tanter Track Talking Bottom here: https://x.com/talkingbottom?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Find Robert on Twitter: @Forducks Find Tony here: linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST. In this spooky, Halloween episode, Robert Turnbull is Joined by Alex Lynch to discuss GARTH MARENGHI'S DARKPLACE. Created by Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade, staring them both along with Matt Berry and Alice Lowe, we take a deep, deep, deep, blood drenched dive, in to this parody of 80s horror clichés. So join us on this journey into the unknown (except we do know it because its 20 years old and a quite successful TV show)… Host/Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find Robert on Twitter: @Forducks Find Alex at: www.alexlynch.co.uk Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices