It is a sitcom Tim, and it's slightly over 60% British cast & crew so I think it is in the right place.
Anyway, I thought this was alright... it gave me some laughs. But there were also massively patchy moments - particularly highlighted by that bit where they turned into dogs in the last episode. Very poor. What were they thinking.
s'not a sitcom... not, not, not, not, not, not, not... *kicks air*
I can't help but be reminded of two Shrek characters when I watched this - The Donkey and Puss in Boots. The Gay Hispanic character is in there purely for camp laughs it would seem and the black actor (sorry I have only seen it once so can't remember the names) reminds me of Eddie Murphy as Donkey in the Shrek movies. Matt Lucas is good in his part but overall it didn't grab me at all as something I would ever want to watch again.
don't care... it's not a sitcom... *lies face down on bed* 
I really liked the first episode, but have struggled since then. It's okay, definitely has its moments, but it's not a classic by any stretch of the imagination.
Dan
Quote: Tim Walker @ July 7 2009, 6:39 AM BSTWhy is this on a British Sitcom thread? It is not a sitcom. Whatever else it is, it is not at sitcom.
What would you say it is?
Quote: NoggetFred @ July 7 2009, 8:16 AM BSTAlso, although it's regrettable that they used an 'Eddie Murphy' cliché, it's nice that the BBC are continuing to annoy Nick Griffin by putting blacks in medieval productions.
Was this meant to be a straight mediaeval setting? I didn't think of it as such. In any case, the existence of American - or rather, modern American accents - was just as problematic.
A fantasy-drama with a knowing element of parody and send-up.
Quote: AndreaLynne @ July 6 2009, 10:41 PM BSTmy friends who watched it couldn't get past the accents.
What? Why does that bother so many Americans? I've never heard anyone say 'I can't watch Ugly Betty because of the accents'. It seems very odd to me.
Quote: chipolata @ July 7 2009, 10:37 AM BSTAnd is it British? It's a co-production, isn't it? First aired in the States.
Mumbai Calling was aired in India and Australia before Britain. Extras was a co-production, and some episodes aired first in the States.
Quote: Tim Walker @ July 7 2009, 10:44 AM BSTI demand action.
(SHOUTS) Aaron, Aaron are you there?
Well I am now. I was asleep.
Quote: Tim Walker @ July 7 2009, 1:16 PM BSTA fantasy-drama with a knowing element of parody and send-up.
And the drama was where...?
Quote: Aaron @ July 7 2009, 1:22 PM BSTAnd the drama was where...?
In the plot and action sequences?
Possibly the drama was in the same place the comedy was?
Well I saw comedy, but no real drama to speak of.
Anyway, by BCG rules it's a sitcom. So ha! to you.
Quote: Aaron @ July 7 2009, 1:22 PM BSTMumbai Calling was aired in India and Australia before Britain.
Went down like a lead balloon it did. Whereas Little Britain is at this moment being repeated on one of the commercial networks.
Quote: Aaron @ July 7 2009, 1:15 PM BSTWas this meant to be a straight mediaeval setting? I didn't think of it as such.
Well it was 'kinda' medieval.
I remember there was a minor outcry when the hobbits cooked potatoes in LotR, since it was seen as an anachronism, even though Middle Earth was not strictly a medieval place.
Anyway, I'm going to stick my neck out and say that despite all the flaws, I quite enjoyed it.
I hadn't watched it before.
And I shan't again.
It was poo.
Well I stuck up for this little number right until the last episode which made shite look clean in my opinion. What a load of shite! Did I say that already? Well it was. Shite that is.
