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You Have Been Watching: A British Sitcom Podcast

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YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING is a podcast all about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Robert Turnbull, Alex Lynch & Tony Black as they discuss classic sitcoms, forgotten gems and curiosities, and dissect the themes, ideas, context and meaning of the comedies we have grown up with... A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk

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Friday Night Dinner (2011-2020) 11.01.2022 1:41:16

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 turn...

Christmas Special 2021: Bottom's 'Holy' & Blackadder's Christmas Carol 25.12.2021 1:20:31

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 Hap...

The Brittas Empire (Series 2) w/ Shipwrecked & Comatose 15.12.2021 1:14:56

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/ajb...

The Brittas Empire (Series 1) w/ Shipwrecked & Comatose 24.11.2021 1:10:51

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/ajbl...

Sean Lock's 15 Storeys High (2002-2004) 27.10.2021 1:21:48

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...

Tony & Rob's Personal Sitcom Histories 13.10.2021 2:14:47

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....

Alexei Sayle's Paris (1994) 29.09.2021 1:17:53

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...

The Office (2001-2003) 15.09.2021 2:24:04

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 a...

Fawlty Towers (1975 & 1979) 01.09.2021 1:43:26

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 i...

You Have Been Watching: An Introduction 31.07.2021 20:20

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/youhavebeenwa...