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 The Thin Blue Line - Rag Week ( 4 of 4)
from YouTube :: Tag // sitcom
March 29, 2008
In part 1: It's Rag Week, and the local youths are up to no good, so the officers discuss tactics. Meanwhile, Grim is the butt of one of the kids' pranks. With Rowan Atkinson, James Dreyfus, David Haig and Mina Anwar. It's the same for comedy as it is for cooking, and it's certainly the same for The Thin Blue Line. Should've worked. Didn't. Actually that's completely unfair. The Thin Blue Line did what it was supposed to do, and it held its audience for much of its life. The reason that this life was comparatively short was partly because the public simply wouldn't accept it. In the town of Gasforth, Inspector Fowler's police station is - as far as he's concerned - the last bastion of order. Fowler takes his job far too seriously, and so, in a very different way, does his opposite number Inspector Grim of the plain clothes division. The tension between these two figures is the main thrust of the stories, as both their teams of fairly incompetent officers proceed to muck things up in adventures that range from trying to celebrate the Queen's birthday to road protesters. In essence, writer Ben Elton was trying to restage his beloved Dad's Army with The Thin Blue Line. It should've worked because there were plenty of great lines for star Rowan Atkinson to deliver, and the characters seemed to correspond to those of Dad's Army - the over-serious boss, the wet weekend, the sharp one, the quiet one, the martinet opposition. The series was too broad, however, and the audience were not prepared for Rowan Atkinson as someone so comparatively bland as Fowler. They wanted him as Mr Bean, or Blackadder. Ben Elton's TV writing was simply not suited to something as broad as this format, which, if handled by someone like David Renwick, might have been brilliant. As well as this however Elton appeared not to have noticed that his model Dad's Army's success was not just because of who the characters were and their situations. It was because of absolutely consistent characterisation and acting. Giving characters 'issues' - like when PC Goody thinks drugs have been planted - isn't the same as having character. That said, tying to force the Dad's Army format into the modern age with stories about police brutality, racial or spousal abuse was also problematic. Crowbar the real world into a format that was based on Rowan Atkinson ignoring that real world - something Perry and Croft would never have tried to do in Dad's Army - and which didn't work here. Cast Rowan AtkinsonInsp Raymond FowlerSerena EvansSgt Patricia DawkinsJames DreyfusPC Kevin GoodyMina AnwarPC Maggie HabibRudolph WalkerPC GladstoneDavid HaigDI Derek GrimKevin AllenDC KrayMark AddyDet BoyleLucy RobinsonMayoress WickhamCrew Ben Eltonwriter John Birkindirector Ben Eltonproducer Geoffrey PerkinsproducerRelated LinksAlso on BBC Comedy Blessed Also on bbc.co.uk Life On Mars Beyond the BBC IMDb Wikipedia The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. Mobile Texts for only 1.5p Text,Textsaver to 80996 nokia bb5 unlocking www.nokiabb5directunlocking.wetpaint.com www.tuts1.2u.co.uk Author: Videomad10000 Keywords: thin blue line comedy series britcom sitcom british funny police bbc tv Added: March 29, 2008
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 The Thin Blue Line - Rag Week ( 3 of 4)
from YouTube :: Tag // sitcom
March 29, 2008
In part 1: It's Rag Week, and the local youths are up to no good, so the officers discuss tactics. Meanwhile, Grim is the butt of one of the kids' pranks. With Rowan Atkinson, James Dreyfus, David Haig and Mina Anwar. It's the same for comedy as it is for cooking, and it's certainly the same for The Thin Blue Line. Should've worked. Didn't. Actually that's completely unfair. The Thin Blue Line did what it was supposed to do, and it held its audience for much of its life. The reason that this life was comparatively short was partly because the public simply wouldn't accept it. In the town of Gasforth, Inspector Fowler's police station is - as far as he's concerned - the last bastion of order. Fowler takes his job far too seriously, and so, in a very different way, does his opposite number Inspector Grim of the plain clothes division. The tension between these two figures is the main thrust of the stories, as both their teams of fairly incompetent officers proceed to muck things up in adventures that range from trying to celebrate the Queen's birthday to road protesters. In essence, writer Ben Elton was trying to restage his beloved Dad's Army with The Thin Blue Line. It should've worked because there were plenty of great lines for star Rowan Atkinson to deliver, and the characters seemed to correspond to those of Dad's Army - the over-serious boss, the wet weekend, the sharp one, the quiet one, the martinet opposition. The series was too broad, however, and the audience were not prepared for Rowan Atkinson as someone so comparatively bland as Fowler. They wanted him as Mr Bean, or Blackadder. Ben Elton's TV writing was simply not suited to something as broad as this format, which, if handled by someone like David Renwick, might have been brilliant. As well as this however Elton appeared not to have noticed that his model Dad's Army's success was not just because of who the characters were and their situations. It was because of absolutely consistent characterisation and acting. Giving characters 'issues' - like when PC Goody thinks drugs have been planted - isn't the same as having character. That said, tying to force the Dad's Army format into the modern age with stories about police brutality, racial or spousal abuse was also problematic. Crowbar the real world into a format that was based on Rowan Atkinson ignoring that real world - something Perry and Croft would never have tried to do in Dad's Army - and which didn't work here. Cast Rowan AtkinsonInsp Raymond FowlerSerena EvansSgt Patricia DawkinsJames DreyfusPC Kevin GoodyMina AnwarPC Maggie HabibRudolph WalkerPC GladstoneDavid HaigDI Derek GrimKevin AllenDC KrayMark AddyDet BoyleLucy RobinsonMayoress WickhamCrew Ben Eltonwriter John Birkindirector Ben Eltonproducer Geoffrey PerkinsproducerRelated LinksAlso on BBC Comedy Blessed Also on bbc.co.uk Life On Mars Beyond the BBC IMDb Wikipedia The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. Mobile Texts for only 1.5p Text,Textsaver to 80996 nokia bb5 unlocking www.nokiabb5directunlocking.wetpaint.com www.tuts1.2u.co.uk Author: Videomad10000 Keywords: thin blue line comedy series britcom sitcom british funny police bbc tv Added: March 29, 2008
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 The Thin Blue Line - Rag Week ( 2 of 4)
from YouTube :: Tag // sitcom
March 29, 2008
In part 1: It's Rag Week, and the local youths are up to no good, so the officers discuss tactics. Meanwhile, Grim is the butt of one of the kids' pranks. With Rowan Atkinson, James Dreyfus, David Haig and Mina Anwar. It's the same for comedy as it is for cooking, and it's certainly the same for The Thin Blue Line. Should've worked. Didn't. Actually that's completely unfair. The Thin Blue Line did what it was supposed to do, and it held its audience for much of its life. The reason that this life was comparatively short was partly because the public simply wouldn't accept it. In the town of Gasforth, Inspector Fowler's police station is - as far as he's concerned - the last bastion of order. Fowler takes his job far too seriously, and so, in a very different way, does his opposite number Inspector Grim of the plain clothes division. The tension between these two figures is the main thrust of the stories, as both their teams of fairly incompetent officers proceed to muck things up in adventures that range from trying to celebrate the Queen's birthday to road protesters. In essence, writer Ben Elton was trying to restage his beloved Dad's Army with The Thin Blue Line. It should've worked because there were plenty of great lines for star Rowan Atkinson to deliver, and the characters seemed to correspond to those of Dad's Army - the over-serious boss, the wet weekend, the sharp one, the quiet one, the martinet opposition. The series was too broad, however, and the audience were not prepared for Rowan Atkinson as someone so comparatively bland as Fowler. They wanted him as Mr Bean, or Blackadder. Ben Elton's TV writing was simply not suited to something as broad as this format, which, if handled by someone like David Renwick, might have been brilliant. As well as this however Elton appeared not to have noticed that his model Dad's Army's success was not just because of who the characters were and their situations. It was because of absolutely consistent characterisation and acting. Giving characters 'issues' - like when PC Goody thinks drugs have been planted - isn't the same as having character. That said, tying to force the Dad's Army format into the modern age with stories about police brutality, racial or spousal abuse was also problematic. Crowbar the real world into a format that was based on Rowan Atkinson ignoring that real world - something Perry and Croft would never have tried to do in Dad's Army - and which didn't work here. Cast Rowan AtkinsonInsp Raymond FowlerSerena EvansSgt Patricia DawkinsJames DreyfusPC Kevin GoodyMina AnwarPC Maggie HabibRudolph WalkerPC GladstoneDavid HaigDI Derek GrimKevin AllenDC KrayMark AddyDet BoyleLucy RobinsonMayoress WickhamCrew Ben Eltonwriter John Birkindirector Ben Eltonproducer Geoffrey PerkinsproducerRelated LinksAlso on BBC Comedy Blessed Also on bbc.co.uk Life On Mars Beyond the BBC IMDb Wikipedia The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. Mobile Texts for only 1.5p Text,Textsaver to 80996 nokia bb5 unlocking www.nokiabb5directunlocking.wetpaint.com www.tuts1.2u.co.uk Author: Videomad10000 Keywords: thin blue line comedy series britcom sitcom british funny police bbc tv Added: March 29, 2008
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 The Thin Blue Line - Rag Week ( 1 of 4)
from YouTube :: Tag // sitcom
March 28, 2008
In part 1: It's Rag Week, and the local youths are up to no good, so the officers discuss tactics. Meanwhile, Grim is the butt of one of the kids' pranks. With Rowan Atkinson, James Dreyfus, David Haig and Mina Anwar. It's the same for comedy as it is for cooking, and it's certainly the same for The Thin Blue Line. Should've worked. Didn't. Actually that's completely unfair. The Thin Blue Line did what it was supposed to do, and it held its audience for much of its life. The reason that this life was comparatively short was partly because the public simply wouldn't accept it. In the town of Gasforth, Inspector Fowler's police station is - as far as he's concerned - the last bastion of order. Fowler takes his job far too seriously, and so, in a very different way, does his opposite number Inspector Grim of the plain clothes division. The tension between these two figures is the main thrust of the stories, as both their teams of fairly incompetent officers proceed to muck things up in adventures that range from trying to celebrate the Queen's birthday to road protesters. In essence, writer Ben Elton was trying to restage his beloved Dad's Army with The Thin Blue Line. It should've worked because there were plenty of great lines for star Rowan Atkinson to deliver, and the characters seemed to correspond to those of Dad's Army - the over-serious boss, the wet weekend, the sharp one, the quiet one, the martinet opposition. The series was too broad, however, and the audience were not prepared for Rowan Atkinson as someone so comparatively bland as Fowler. They wanted him as Mr Bean, or Blackadder. Ben Elton's TV writing was simply not suited to something as broad as this format, which, if handled by someone like David Renwick, might have been brilliant. As well as this however Elton appeared not to have noticed that his model Dad's Army's success was not just because of who the characters were and their situations. It was because of absolutely consistent characterisation and acting. Giving characters 'issues' - like when PC Goody thinks drugs have been planted - isn't the same as having character. That said, tying to force the Dad's Army format into the modern age with stories about police brutality, racial or spousal abuse was also problematic. Crowbar the real world into a format that was based on Rowan Atkinson ignoring that real world - something Perry and Croft would never have tried to do in Dad's Army - and which didn't work here. Cast Rowan AtkinsonInsp Raymond FowlerSerena EvansSgt Patricia DawkinsJames DreyfusPC Kevin GoodyMina AnwarPC Maggie HabibRudolph WalkerPC GladstoneDavid HaigDI Derek GrimKevin AllenDC KrayMark AddyDet BoyleLucy RobinsonMayoress WickhamCrew Ben Eltonwriter John Birkindirector Ben Eltonproducer Geoffrey PerkinsproducerRelated LinksAlso on BBC Comedy Blessed Also on bbc.co.uk Life On Mars Beyond the BBC IMDb Wikipedia The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. Mobile Texts for only 1.5p Text,Textsaver to 80996 nokia bb5 unlocking www.nokiabb5directunlocking.wetpaint.com www.tuts1.2u.co.uk Author: Videomad10000 Keywords: thin blue line comedy series britcom sitcom british funny police bbc tv Added: March 28, 2008
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 Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries is free
from YouTube :: Tag // sitcom
February 18, 2008
A short complilation of Mr. Humphries moments from the 1970's BBC programme "Are You Being Served?" Author: Permaglo Keywords: Mr Humphries Wilberforce Clayborne BBC Are You Being Served John Inman comedy gay Grace Brothers sitcom britcom british Added: February 18, 2008
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 Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries is free
from YouTube :: Tag // sitcom
February 18, 2008
A short complilation of Mr. Humphries moments from the 1970's BBC programme "Are You Being Served?" Author: Permaglo Keywords: Mr Humphries Wilberforce Clayborne BBC Are You Being Served John Inman comedy gay Grace Brothers sitcom britcom british Added: February 18, 2008
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 Morecambe and Wise Show - "Instant replay"
from YouTube :: Tag // sitcom
February 18, 2008
Eric (Morecambe) wants to show Ernie (Wise) how to record with video camera and make an "instant replay". From Thames Television. Subtitled in Norwegian. Author: caieca Keywords: Ernie Wise Eric Morecambe comedy show sitcom britcom british Added: February 17, 2008
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 Killer alarm clock
from Dailymotion - most recent videos
December 26, 2007
If this doesn't make you get up then nothing will...Author: bigend Tags: funny sketch comedy britcom lulz lol humor humour alarm clock monday morning wake up Posted: 26 December 2007 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0
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 The Thin Blue Line - "Road Rage" (Part 1)
from YouTube :: Tag // sitcom
December 07, 2007
NOTE: Sorry, I'm having some issues with my Movie Maker software, so there may be a bit of a wait for part 2. :D In part 1: Patricia has joined the travelling road protesters (The "Dongas"), and Raymond is not pleased. Grim is also unhappy, because somebody has dinged his car. With Rowan Atkinson, James Dreyfus, Mina Anwar, Mark Addy and David Haig. Author: hateater27 Keywords: thin blue line british police sitcom funny britcom comedy series Added: December 7, 2007
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 The Thin Blue Line - "Rag Week" (4/4)
from YouTube :: Tag // sitcom
November 20, 2007
In part 4: There's a hold-up at the bank, and the criminals want a pizza, which Fowler orders Goody to get. Goody doesn't seem to realise, however, that the flavour of pizza isn't the most crucial thing at the moment - Pat is in the bank. With Rowan Atkinson, James Dreyfus, Mina Anwar and David Haig. Author: hateater27 Keywords: thin blue line police sitcom series britcom funny comedy Added: November 20, 2007
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 Man About The House Episode One "Three's A Crowd" Part (1)
from YouTube :: Tag // sitcom
November 18, 2007
The series about a man and a house and his desire for drink, ciggies and his roomates.... not necessarily in that order. The theme song really sells the show right away with its awesome hook. That and Sally Thomsett's bum! Author: chuckcollins Keywords: Man About The House Richard O'Sullivan Paula Wilcox Sally Thomsett Britcom Sitcom Added: November 18, 2007
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 "Actually, It's a Mars Bar"
from YouTube :: Tag // sitcom
November 10, 2007
A classic scene from Ben Elton's "The Thin Blue Line". With Rowan Atkinson, James Dreyfus and Mina Anwar. Author: hateater27 Keywords: thin blue line mars bar chololate candy erection funny police comedy sitcom britcom Added: November 10, 2007
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 The Thin Blue Line - "Kids Today" (4/4)
from YouTube :: Tag // sitcom
November 04, 2007
In part 4: The camping trip ends in disaster; the officers wake to find the kids have nicked the tents and run off. Also, Fowler manages to get Goody off the hook as the charges against him are dropped, and Pat wants a baby. With Rowan Atkinson, James Dreyfus, Mina Anwar and David Haig. Author: hateater27 Keywords: thin blue line police sitcom comedy funny britcom Added: November 4, 2007
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