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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

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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

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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

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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...

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Robert Turnbull

Co-Host

Alex Lynch

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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!

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Host / Editor

Robert Turnbull

Co-Host

Alex Lynch

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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

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