Grumpy Old Men
- TV comedy
- BBC Two
- 2003 - 2006
- 15 episodes (3 series)
Comedians, entertainers and other personalities moan about many of the aspects of modern life which really get on their nerves. Stars Geoffrey Palmer.
Press clippings
The BBC's successful Grumpy Old franchise - in which various aged or ageing TV pundits are encouraged to grouse on about a given topic - rolls on with this new programme focusing on the supposedly cheerful experience of mandatory education. Expect wry classroom anecdotage from the likes of Al Murray, Shappi Khorsandi, Ronni Ancona and Mark Radcliffe.
Pete Naughton, The Telegraph, 4th September 2010A moan for all seasons
The contributors to Grumpy Old Men (BBC2), back for a second series, are not old at all, just old enough to remember something better. One or two may live in Tunbridge Wells. Essentially, they are funny men who feel fed up.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 11th September 2004The big question that the first Grumpy Old Men raised last Friday was: what was wrong with Paul Ross the week they were filming? Grumpy Old Men was prime Ross territory, one of those curious programmes invented at the end of the 20th century where celebrities don't tell anecdotes or share facts, but just say very ordinary things about very ordinary things ("I don't think we ever had a Hula Hoop - my friend's sister did, though"), as if they were trying to be in an Alan Bennett play, but didn't quite understand how they work.
Caitlin Moran, The Times, 17th October 2003