Pappy's

Oh, men - sometimes you can be such silly-billies! From Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? through to Bottom and Men Behaving Badly, TV has a recurring soft spot for men old enough to know better.

The latest addition to this infantile strand is Badults. The name does most of the work here but, just to clarify, it's about three male flatmates in their late twenties getting into scrapes. The only sensible character is their lady friend Rachel, who pops in from time-to-time to make the boys look even more puerile. Pappy's, the sketch-comedy trio who are the creator-stars of Badults, are beloved of many for their live work, but this first episode - which sees them accidentally withdraw £5,000 from their joint account - misses the mark.

There's no faulting the imagination at work (at one point, they re-enact the French Revolution), but their linking gags and repartee are twee, cloying and weaker than your nan's squash. What made The Inbetweeners such a rare gem was that the weekly antics were appropriate for the character's ages. Badults is just another slightly cringey example of men behaving badly.

Pappy's: the boys who never grew up

The much-loved comedy sketch troupe have finally got their own TV series after years of false starts. We meet them on the set of Badults to find their enthusiasm intact.

Three-man sketch troupe Pappy's take another stab at TV glory with Badults, a tiresome flat-share sitcom that tries and fails to be a modern-day Goodies by way of The Young Ones (Or Filthy, Rich & Catflap: take your pick).

Despite being broad, silly and eager to please, the gags are uninspired and obvious, and the three of them seem to be playing the same noisy idiot character, albeit pitched at slightly different volumes. Its daffy spirit and intent are commendable, but no amount of good intentions can compensate for such weak material.

Latitude review: Pappy's

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Tom Parry interview

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Pappy's talk Badults

A stage troupe who have been building up a cult audience for over a decade, Pappy's are set to burst into the mainstream this month with the launch of sitcom Badults.

Pappy's interview

After being nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award and winning a 2013 Chortle gong, sketch trio Pappy's - aka Tom Parry, Matthew Crosby and Ben Clark - have made their own anarchic BBC Three sitcom, Badults. Here they talk about the show, which is due to air from next month...

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