Uncle Max
- TV sitcom
- CBBC / CITV
- 2006 - 2008
- 26 episodes (2 series)
Children's comedy starring David Schneider as Uncle Max.
Press clippings
Call me crazy ... but isn't the best children's TV being made now?
I loved Harry Hill's Shark Infested Custard and Gina Yashere's Gina's Laughing Gear. I set my Sky+ for David Schneider (The Day Today) as Uncle Max, or Marcus Brigstocke as King Stupid, which was simply Blackadder with added gunge. The fact is that some of the sharpest writers in Britain had a turn penning CITV's My Parents Are Aliens, and I don't know a child under five who isn't beguiled by Charlie and Lola. Kids TV today, when made properly, can be wonderful.
Grace Dent, The Guardian, 30th May 2007