You Have Been Watching: A British Sitcom Podcast

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST Hot diggity-dog and gosh darn it, we've only gone and recorded an epic 2 part special talking about AMERICAN SITCOMS! Thats right, ROBERT and ALEX 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 be on the list? (Numbers 5-1 will be covered in our next episode!) New episodes of YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING drop every two weeks - or even sooner! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull (Twitter/X @Forducks) Co Host Alex Lynch (Twitter/X @AlexJRLynch) You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter/X: @YHBWpod Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: patreon.com/YHBWPOD Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST 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. ROBERT and ALEX look at the background of the show, the themes and ideas its attempting to tackle and try hard not to do too many bad Rigsby impressions... New episodes of YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING drop every two weeks - or even sooner! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull (Twitter/X @Forducks) Co Host Alex Lynch (Twitter/X @AlexJRLynch) You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter/X: @YHBWpod Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: patreon.com/YHBWPOD Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST In space, no one can hear you laugh... Prepare to boldly go where not many people want to go, as ALEX and ROBERT explore the 1977 pilot episode of Croft & Lloyd's COME BACK Mrs NOAH Its a sci-fi comedy that was ahead of its time but a little bit too old fashioned as MOLLIE SUGDEN, in the title role, gets blasted into space in the year 2150. Its one from the archives... but should it have stayed there? New episodes of YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING drop every two weeks - or even sooner! WATCH THE WHOLE SERIES OF 'COME BACK MRS NOAH' HERE... if you really want to... -Come Back Mrs Noah Click to Watch- Host / Editor Robert Turnbull (Twitter/X @Forducks) Co Host Alex Lynch (Twitter/X @AlexJRLynch) You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter/X: @YHBWpod Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: patreon.com/YHBWPOD Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST OooOOooOOoooooOooo!!! Spooky goings on as ALEX and ROBERT talk about GHOSTS the supernatural sitcom from the EX-HORRIBLE HISTORIES cast (now known as THEM THERE). Running from 2019 to 2023 staring and created by MATHEW BAYNTON, SIMON FARNABY, MARTHA HOWE-DOUGLAS, JIM HOWICK, LAURENCE RICKARD and BEN WILLBOND and co-staring CHARLOTTE RITCHIE, KIELL SMITH-BYNOE, LOLLY ADEFOPE and KATY WIX 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 needs an extra long episode to discuss it all! New episodes of YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING drop every two weeks - or even sooner! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull (Twitter/X @Forducks) Co Host Alex Lynch (Twitter/X @AlexJRLynch) You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter: @YHBWpod Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: patreon.com/YHBWPOD Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST VWOOOORP! VWOOOORP! VWOOORP! Thanks to some wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey shenanagans fellow WE MADE THIS podcast THE TARDIS CREW has materialised inside YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING as BAZ GREENLAND and his son BEN GREENLAND join regular host ROBERT TURNBULL to talk about the 1999 RED NOSE 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 this DOCTOR WHO comedy special. But is it more sitcom or more DOCTOR WHO? New episodes of YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING drop every two weeks - or even sooner! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull (Twitter/X @Forducks) Co Host Alex Lynch (Twitter/X @AlexJRLynch) You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter: @YHBWpod Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: patreon.com/YHBWPOD Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST 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 NORMAN LOVETT. It’s weird, surreal and dark… but is it funny? ROBERT and ALEX do the hard work so you don’t have to as we take a deep dive into this oddity from the archives. - PLEASE NOTE: We had a mysterious sound issue at the time of recording (which turned out to be a faulty microphone). Apologies for the light crackle in places! - New episodes of YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING drop every two weeks - or even sooner! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull (Twitter/X @Forducks) Co Host Alex Lynch (Twitter/X @AlexJRLynch) You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter: @YHBWpod Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: patreon.com/YHBWPOD Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST Its Valentine's Day and love is in the air so to celebrate ROBERT 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 girl do all the hard work? We look at the tropes, characters and set ups in these two shows and ask if they really do embody rom-com. - New episodes of YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING drop every two weeks - or even sooner! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull (Twitter/X @Forducks) Co Host Alex Lynch (Twitter/X @AlexJRLynch) You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter: @YHBWpod Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: patreon.com/YHBWPOD Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST Blackadder is 40! (well, 40 and a bit!) From writers RICHARD CURTIS and BEN ELTON, staring 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 couple of specials, sketches and a (short) film, so there’s a lot to talk about. Your hosts ROBERT TURNBULL and ALEX LYNCH do their best to cover all iterations of this classic comedy. - New episodes of YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING drop every two weeks - or even sooner! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co Host Alex Lynch You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter: @YHBWpod Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: patreon.com/YHBWPOD Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Or is it? Because in this episode we’re joined by MARK ADAMS and CARL BRYAN from SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE: A RED DWARF PODCAST as part of the WE MADE THIS 5th anniversary celebrations. 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, BENADICT TAYLOR and ELIZABETH BENNET, it tells the story of a group of unscrupulous talent agents as they attempt to wheel and deal for their clients… with varying degrees of success. The pilot was written by ROB GRANT and DOUG NAYLER of RED DWARF fame, hence our team up with the SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE team! - Remember: subscribe to EXTRA LAUGHS for early access to episodes and bonus episodes not available to regular listeners. New episodes of YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING drop every two weeks - or even sooner! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co Host Alex Lynch Guests Mark Adams Carl Bryan You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter: @YHBWpod Shipwrecked & Comatose on social media: Twitter: @RedDwarfPod Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: patreon.com/YHBWPOD Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. We've been away a little while but we're back, with a whole new line up of episodes! In this minisode we outline what to expect in 2024 and give you a taste of things to come! - Our subscriber teir EXTRA LAUGHS is currently being ported over to a new host but watch this space for details on signing up to get early access to episodes, ad-free listening and bonus episodes not available to regular listeners. Support the show here: https://wemadethis.supportingcast.fm/you-have-been-watching Host / Editor Robert Turnbull You Have Been Watching on social media: linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

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 pros and cons of recasting and in some cases, you might even think it makes the show better… - NOTE: We had a mysterious sound issue at the time of recording but plowed ahead. Apologies for the light crackle in places! - Remember: subscribe to EXTRA LAUGHS for early access to episodes, ad-free listening and bonus episodes not available to regular listeners. New episodes of YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING drop every two weeks - or even sooner! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter: @yhbwatchingpod Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: patreon.com/YHBWPOD Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

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 question if it really has enough teeth. - Remember: subscribe to EXTRA LAUGHS for early access to episodes, ad-free listening and bonus episodes not available to regular listeners. Support the show here: https://wemadethis.supportingcast.fm/you-have-been-watching New episodes of the podcast every two weeks on Thursdays, time permitting... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull You Have Been Watching on social media: linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: atreon.com/YHBWPOD Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Today we present a sneak peek at the latest episodes of EXTRA LAUGHS, our subscription tier, as a taster of what you can expect if you're able to support the podcast financially for a small amount per month. In this episode, Tony & Rob cover bonus topics including Comic Relief 2023, the British-influenced American comedy of Ted Lasso & Shrinking, and the 1979 short comedy film, Le Petomane. We already have additional bonus episodes that have aired, been recorded and are planned, all of which are super exciting. So join the EXTRA LAUGHS crew for early access to episodes, ad-free listening and bonus episodes not available to regular listeners. Support the show here: https://wemadethis.supportingcast.fm/you-have-been-watching Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter: @yhbwatchingpod Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: https://wemadethis.supportingcast.fm/you-have-been-watching Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Today we present a sneak peek at the first bonus episode of EXTRA LAUGHS, our subscription tier, as a taster of what you can expect if you're able to support the podcast financially for a small amount per month. In this episode, aired in March 2023, Tony & Rob discuss upcoming sitcom reboots that have been announced including the return of Basil Fawlty, more listening from Dr. Frasier Crane, and very recently the announcement that the crew of the Starbug are returning in RED DWARF. We already have additional bonus episodes that have aired, been recorded and are planned, all of which are super exciting. So join the EXTRA LAUGHS crew for early access to episodes, ad-free listening and bonus episodes not available to regular listeners. Support the show here: https://wemadethis.supportingcast.fm/you-have-been-watching Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter: @yhbwatchingpod Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: https://wemadethis.supportingcast.fm/you-have-been-watching Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

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... - Remember: subscribe to EXTRA LAUGHS for early access to episodes, ad-free listening and bonus episodes not available to regular listeners. Support the show here: https://wemadethis.supportingcast.fm/you-have-been-watching New episodes of YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING drop every two weeks on Thursdays... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter: @yhbwatchingpod Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: https://wemadethis.supportingcast.fm/you-have-been-watching Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

Greetings citizens and welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. In this episode, Tony Black & Robert Turnbull travel back to ancient Pompeii--or should that be the very early 1970s--to discuss bawdy Frankie Howerd-starring sitcom UP POMPEII!, which ran through the 1970s and was rebooted briefly in the early 1990s. Along the way they discuss Howerd's career, stage musicals, Carry On films, proto-Blackadders and the fascinating history of one of British comedy's cheekiest sitcoms... - Remember: subscribe to EXTRA LAUGHS for early access to episodes, ad-free listening and bonus episodes not available to regular listeners. Support the show here: https://wemadethis.supportingcast.fm/you-have-been-watching New episodes of YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING drop every two weeks on Thursdays... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter: @yhbwatchingpod Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: https://wemadethis.supportingcast.fm/you-have-been-watching Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they introduce their brand new subscription tier, EXTRA LAUGHS. You can enjoy bonus episodes just for subscribers, early episode releases of the main show, and ad-free listening. Sign up now right here: https://wemadethis.supportingcast.fm/you-have-been-watching Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Sign up for EXTRA LAUGHS here: https://wemadethis.supportingcast.fm/you-have-been-watching Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis Twitter: @yhbwatching We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they look, in the second of a two-part episode, at film adaptations of classic and not so classic sitcoms. Counting down from their 5-1 choices in a Top Ten list, they discuss movies including THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN'S APOCALYPSE, BLESS THIS HOUSE, STEPTOE & SON, ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA and many more... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis Twitter: @yhbwatching We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they look, in the first of a two-part episode, at film adaptations of classic and not so classic sitcoms. Counting down from their 10-6 choices in a Top Ten list, they discuss movies including DAD'S ARMY, BEAN, GEORGE & MILDRED, HOLIDAY ON THE BUSES (no, we're not joking!) and many more. Don't miss Part 2 as they discuss their 5-1 choices... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis Twitter: @yhbwatching We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull, in their first new episode of 2023, as they celebrate Valentine's week with a trip into the romantic world of John Sullivan's JUST GOOD FRIENDS, one of the sitcom sensations of the 1980s starring Paul Nicholas & Jan Francis... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis Twitter: @yhbwatchingpod We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis Website: www.wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com