Quote: Lee Henman @ January 25 2012, 1:35 AM GMTMuch of the same.
A lot of the jokes need carbon-dating, the stories are a bit predictable, much of the swearing's unnecessary and some of the acting's wonky, but despite all that I still really like it. You can't argue with O' Carroll's energy, he's an absolute joy to watch, even if some of the lines are circa 1975.
I think you just have to watch it for what it is. That is to say a big, silly, brash panto that somehow happened to make it onto our telly screens. It's not fashionable but then neither are these brown Paisley y-fronts I'm wearing. They're comfy though.
Pantos should stick to once a year! I don't pay my licence fee to get crusty stale old pants programmes!