Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps

Review of the Comic Relief Special: Having crammed the casts of all three programmes onto one small set, leaving them with little to do except stand awkwardly around like infants at a Christmas concert, the show proceeded to unleash a barrage of the lamest jokes ever be to inflicted in the name of charity. In a good cause? Certainly. Terrible? Definitely. But then my opinion is poisoned by an abiding aversion to Coming Of Age. Working to combat poverty, suffering and injustice is all well and good, but if Comic Relief promised to eradicate Coming Of Age I would really put my hand in my pocket.

Did we like it? Hell no! Now on its eighth series, Two Pints has now become a parody of itself. With the exception of Friends and ER not many American shows, never mind hurriedly written and produced British ones, can justify eight series. Two Pints used to be a witty and inspiring reflection of the ordinary working class hero boozing down the local with their mates. Now it remains a hollow vessel.

For Comic Relief, the makers united the 2 Pints gang with characters from its sister sitcoms Grownups and Coming of Age, but even though this was for charity, we can't overlook the fact that this was a load of self indulgent old guff.

Comic Relief Special Review

These shows are clearly aimed at complete morons. The kind of moron that actually talks in text speak. You could improve the world immeasurably by finding out where they film this shite and dropping concrete flags from a helicopter over the exit at closing time.

Sheridan Smith doubles up on her roles from Two Pints... and Grownups as the casts of these shows and the dreadful (no, really it is) Coming of Age come together for a comedy pub quiz for Comic Relief. Should be fun if you can bear any of these shows.