You Have Been Watching: A British Sitcom Podcast
YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING is a podcast all about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Robert Turnbull, Alex Lynch & Tony Black as they discuss classic sitcoms, forgotten gems and curiosities, and dissect the themes, ideas, context and meaning of the comedies we have grown up with... A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk
Episodes
December 24, 2024 • 44 mins
Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST
It's CHRIIIIISTMAAAAS and Rob Turnbull & Alex Lynch get to grips with a couple of festive specials; THE GOOD LIFE - Silly, but its fun (1977) and KNOWING ME, KNOWING YULE (1995)
So pop open the sherry, scoff another mince pie and relax as we put the he, he, he back in the ho, ho, ho.
Merry Christmas!
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October 31, 2024 • 51 mins
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It's Halloween and Rob Turnbull & Alex Lynch get their spooky on to discuss the 2001 sitcom, Dr TERRIBLE'S HOUSE OF HORRIBLE.
Is this a chillingly good blast from the past worthy of resurrection or shambling zombie that should stay dead and buried? Find out our thoughts in our latest hauntingly ghoul... I mean good... episode.
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September 9, 2024 • 52 mins
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Get your shoes on, grab your school bag and get in the car because in this episode Rob Turnbull & Alex Lynchtake a trip to... I said get your shoes on... get your shoes on we're going to be late... I don't know, I think you left them by the door... just get your shoes on we're going to be late...
In this episode we talk about the 2016-2022 sitcom that deals with the mod...
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August 18, 2024 • 63 mins
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In this episode, Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch travel to WWII France to discuss the much loved 1982 - 1992 sitcom ALLO' ALLO!
We talk catchphrases, bad French and the Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies as well as taking a specific look at the 2007 tv special THE RETURN OF ALLO' ALLO'.
So pull up a chair in Café René, order a glass of the cheap wine... and try not to grop...
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August 1, 2024 • 104 mins
Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast all about the sometimes odd world of British sitcoms.
In this episode we’re joined once again by Mark Adams from SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE: A RED DWARF PODCAST as we delve headfirst into series one of the Grant/Nayler sitcom THE 10%ERS.
Yes, having previously teamed up to discuss the 1993 pilot episode (available to listen to now in our back catalogue!), we thought we'd do the only h...
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July 2, 2024 • 52 mins
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It’s time to get political as Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch discuss the 1984 Christmas Special of YES, MINISTER and the 1987 first episode of THE NEW STATESMAN.
In the run up to the 2024 UK general election we thought we'd do a compare and contrast on how these two very different shows tackle politics!
WARNING: while all care has been taken to stay politically balanced th...
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June 17, 2024 • 40 mins
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It’s self promotion time in our very special SHAMELESS CLIP SHOW episode!
For a while we had a Patreon and subscription tier called Extra Laughs. We don't know but we’ve edited together a clip show with a few highlights of what you missed, some of which might resurface in the future!
With clips from our discussions on: Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, movie rom coms incl...
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May 30, 2024 • 107 mins
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We're back in the good old U S of A for the concluding part of of our epic (which means long) two part US Sitcom special, talking all things AMERICAN SITCOM!
Rob Turnbull & Alex Lynch continue their look at the world of US American sitcoms and share their all important 5-1 of their personal Top 10s - as well as touching base ona. few sitcoms they don't like... you'll ev...
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May 2, 2024 • 93 mins
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Hot diggity-dog and gosh darn it, we've only gone and recorded an epic 2 part special talking about AMERICAN SITCOMS!
Thats right, Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch take a long look at the world of US American sitcoms and share numbers 10-6 of their personal Top 10s - as well as dipping a toe into the history of American Sitcoms.
What shows make the grade and will your faves...
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April 20, 2024 • 54 mins
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Get out your rent books and open a bottle of Cinzano, in this episode we’re talking about RISING DAMP.
Running from 1974-78 and staring Leonard Rossiter as the odious Rigsby and Frances de la Tour, Richard Beckinsale and Don Warrington as his long suffering tenants.
Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch look at the background of the show, the themes and ideas its attempting to t...
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April 4, 2024 • 54 mins
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In space, no one can hear you laugh...
Prepare to boldly go where not many people want to go, as Alex Lynch and Rob Turnbull explore the 1977 pilot episode of Croft & Lloyd's Come Back Mrs Noah.
It's a sci-fi comedy that was ahead of its time but a little bit too old fashioned as, in the title role, gets blasted into space in the year 2150.
It's Mollie Sugden one from...
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March 22, 2024 • 94 mins
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OooOOooOOoooooOooo!!!
Spooky goings on as Alex Lynch and Rob Turnbull talk about GHOSTS the supernatural sitcom from the EX-HORRIBLE HISTORIES cast (now known as THEM THERE).
Running from 2019 to 2023, the show tells the story of a group of eccentric ghosts and the long suffering couple trying to coexist in the rambling, falling apart, Button House. A show so good it ne...
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March 7, 2024 • 75 mins
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VWOOOORP! VWOOOORP! VWOOORP! Thanks to some wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey shenanagans fellow podcast THE TARDIS CREW has materialised inside YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING as Baz & Ben Greenland join Rob Turnbull to talk about the 1999 Red Nose Day special THE CURSE OF FATAL DEATH.
To help celebrate the network's 5 year anniversary our two podcasts team up and get to grips with thi...
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February 29, 2024 • 59 mins
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Prepare for insanity as we revisit the 1996 surrealist sitcom, ASYLUM created by Edgar Wright and David Walliams and written by Wright, Walliams and the cast - including Julian Barratt, Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes and Normal Lovett.
It’s weird, surreal and dark… but is it funny? Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch do the hard work so you don’t have to as we take a deep dive into t...
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February 14, 2024 • 50 mins
Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST.
Its Valentine's Day and love is in the air so to celebrate Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch do a compare and contrast of two classic, romantic comedy sitcoms; AS TIME GOES BY and GAVIN & STACEY.
Is there a meet-cute? Does anyone dash to the airport? Are there crossed wires or mistaken identity? Does boy meet girl, boy get girl, boy loose girl, boy get girl back? Or does...
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February 1, 2024 • 93 mins
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Blackadder is 40! (well, 40 and a bit!)
From writers Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, starring Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson (to name but a few) Blackadder tells the story of The Blackadder Dynasty, one of the most important and influential families in British history.
Starting in 1983 and spanning into the new Millennium, Blackadder is made up of 4 series, a coup...
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January 18, 2024 • 73 mins
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Or is it? Because in this episode we’re joined by Mark Adams and Carl Bryan from SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE: A RED DWARF PODCAST.
The subject of our epic crossover is the 1993 Grant/Nayler sitcom (pilot) THE 10%ERS. Set in the offices of a fictional theatrical agency and staring Clive Francis, Benedict Taylor and Elizabeth Bennet, it tells the story of a group o...
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January 11, 2024 • 64 mins
Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms.
In this episode, we take a look at the interesting quirk of sitcom recasting and how it affects a show when a cast member unexpectedly leaves!
Whether recasting the same role or introducing a new character, changing things up can often be a good thing but does it always work?
Everything from ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES through to CUCKOO gets a nod as we talk the ...
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May 11, 2023 • 37 mins
Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms.
In this episode, tying into the recent Coronation of King Charles III, Tony Black & Robert Turnbull elevate themselves to discuss The Windsors, Channel 4's perky farcical satire about the British Royal Family, which has been running since 2016.
They focus on the recent Coronation special, discuss caricature, wax lyrical about the actors involved, but questio...
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April 6, 2023 • 92 mins
Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms.
In this episode, Tony Black & Robert Turnbull, as Easter beckons, join the congregation to examine REV., the ecclesiastical BBC sitcom starring Tom Hollander & Olivia Colman which ran from 2010-2014.
Along the way, they discuss the role of the church in modern day life, the career trajectory of the stars of the show, and much much more...
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