We Have Been Watching
- TV comedy
- Gold
- 2016 - 2017
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Series in which comedians and comedy actors watch classic comedy shows together. Stars John Challis, Sue Holderness, Sally Phillips, Sarah Hadland, Ricky Tomlinson and more.
Press clippings
The last in the series finds the famous "going for an English" sketch from Goodness Gracious Me dissected by, among others, Meera Syal, who helped to create it. Then an impressive haul of celebs, including Nigel Planer, David Baddiel, Ricky Tomlinson, Maxine Peake, Diane Morgan, Russell Tovey and Josie Lawrence, discuss everything from Spaced, The Day Today and Blackadder to Till Death Us Do Part, all in Gogglebox style.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 1st February 2017New addition to the curious watching-people-watching-television genre. The twist in this case is that the people watching TV comedies have also acted in them themselves. The commentators - including Meera Syal, David Baddiel, Ralf Little and Ricky Tomlinson - are funny people, and their critiques and appreciations are well informed, even if some jumpy editing gets in the way.
Andrew Mueller, The Guardian, 4th January 2017Fawlty Towers named comedians' favourite sitcom
A survey of comedians has revealed that Fawlty Towers is their favourite sitcom, and Alan Partridge meeting his superfan is their favourite scene. "Don't tell him Pike" was picked as the favourite one-liner.
British Comedy Guide, 4th January 2017We Have Been Watching review
So this is a bit of fluff; an attempt by Gold to refresh its catalogue of the same old shows. Sadly it's rather disrespectful of those classics to treat them like this.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th January 2017We Have Been Watching review
This is a bit of fluff; an attempt by Gold to refresh its catalogue of the same old shows. Sadly it's rather disrespectful of those classics to treat them like this.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th January 2017Here's something: a Christmas special of a series not set to start until next year. Except it's not even December, and the format feels familiar: sitcom duos settle on sofas to wax lyrical while watching classic comedy. Essentially Gogglebox with celebrities, much like - hey! - Celebrity Gogglebox. So, your favourite festive TV moments continuously curtailed by obvious observations. A dry run for your own family Christmas?
Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 30th November 2016Gold orders We Have Been Watching
Channel Gold has ordered We Have Been Watching, a new series in which some of Britain's best loved comedy pairings watch classic shows together.
British Comedy Guide, 6th September 2016