Have I awoken in some horrendous parallel universe?

[Farehamseagull]

Just switched on the television to see what is on in the half hour before HIGNFY, to hear the following:

"And now on BBC1, the BRAND NEW series of Citizen Khan."



I don't know who is more culpable here: the brain-injured person who commissioned it, or the complete ****wit in the next door office who scheduled it for prime-time on a Friday night.

Other than that awful Ben Elton thing about a local authority Health and Safety dept (The Wright Way, I think?) or possibly that Jasper Carrott sit com, has there ever been anything worse than Citizen Khan?

Has everyone forgotten the abomination that was 'Life of Riley' already?!

 

[Colonel Angus]

What's that Irish thing,set in the studio,has an woman with glasses and funny old hair?

That'll be 'Leave it to Mrs O'Brien'

 

[Eeyore]

There is that show where a bloke dresses up as a woman and one of the characters is actually his wife in real life.

Can't remember the name.

 

[Albion my Albion]

has there ever been anything worse than Citizen Khan?

Citizen Islamic Terrorist?

 

[Dick Head]

Has anyone mentioned the show that has been absolutely panned by the critics yet, for some reason, has a very high viewership?

 

[Bigtomfu]

Just switched on the television to see what is on in the half hour before HIGNFY, to hear the following:

"And now on BBC1, the BRAND NEW series of Citizen Khan."



I don't know who is more culpable here: the brain-injured person who commissioned it, or the complete ****wit in the next door office who scheduled it for prime-time on a Friday night.

Other than that awful Ben Elton thing about a local authority Health and Safety dept (The Wright Way, I think?) or possibly that Jasper Carrott sit com, has there ever been anything worse than Citizen Khan?

Josh? BBC3. Just commissioned for a mind numbing 3rd series.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Has anyone mentioned the show that has been absolutely panned by the critics yet, for some reason, has a very high viewership?

Err that'd be 99% of the programmes on the idiot box.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

There's re-runs of On The Buses around if anyone missed the golden age of British s(h)itcoms.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps - execrable and made in Runcorn

 

[KingKev]

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps - execrable and made in Runcorn

Execrable - what a marvellous word! And applied to something from Runcorn as well? Top work CC.

My Family ran to something like 10 series, and mostly prime time. Not even Carla Laine has written anything quite so banal and unfunny for so long. Citizen K has a very long way to go before it challenges that garbage for the crown of worst ever sitcom.

Oh and I think that thing with the Irish woman who is really a man is called something like Life's a Drag. It's a sensitively filmed and beautifully nuanced docu-drama that lifts the lid on the impact on families of late onset gender dysphoria - I think that's what it said in The Guardian anyway. Challenging and worthy stuff. Keep it up Auntie ��

 

[grubbyhands]

I bloody love Citizen Khan. There I've said it.

 

[SockMonster]

Newsnight ?

Ha!

 

[Titanic]

I haven't read the whole thread but has anyone mentioned Mrs Brown's Boys?

 

[WATFORD zero]

I bloody love Citizen Khan. There I've said it.

You're not a program commissioner with the BBC by any chance ?

 

[Taybha]

So are you saying Mrs Brown is not a woman at all ?