Roger & Val Have Just Got In - BBC2 Fridays 10pm

I completely agree.
It's turned out to be a gem of a programme (in my opinion), and hasn't been billed or promoted in the right way.
Friday's episode had me in tears at the end and was superbly and subtly acted by both of them.
 
I'm in the minority. I quite enjoyed it.

It wasn't side-achingly funny, but there were enough laughs in it - more so at the "That's exactly what we do!" type situations.

It was refreshing that nothing happened. It was a simple story of everyday life, told almost in real time. Just a snapshot of two ordinary people doing ordinary things.

I hadn't heard anything about it before hand, but didn't want that new sitcom on C4 (mainly because the adverts looked bad), so went looking for something for half an hour.
Truth be told, the programme planner info didn't sound very inspiring, and didn't mention any names, but we said we may as well give it a go. We can always find a How It's Made on Discovery if it's bad.

Anyway, I'll be tuning in again next week. :)
 
Sad isn't it? So many people need spoonfeeding with bit sized chunks of entertainment. there is a gereration of idiots slumped in front of the googlebox saying "tell me what to think, tell me how to react to this bit"

Best not to strain your brain eh?
 
I'm really surprised at the hate for this - I've loved it from the beginning. I think the BBC billing it as a comedy was a bit misleading, though, and if you tuned in expecting a laugh riot then you were bound to be disappointed.

Alfred Molina has been brilliant, it really surprised me. Roger and Val seem like a real couple, expecially in those little moments of affection between them. Then in this week's episode when he was trying to make her laugh, and her tears were falling into the lasagne...

Having said that, I can see why it isn't everyone's cup of tea. I can't work out what the BBC thought they were doing by hiding it away in an odd timeslot on BBC2 and telling everyone it was a 'comedy'?
 
I'm afraid that's the kind of short-attention-span society we now live in. It wasn't the case 30 years ago, when the public didn't seem to be o shallow as it now has become. Mad Men is another great series which was a slow burner, and needed some effort initially to bear with, but passed most viewers by.
 
Absolutely agree. But sadly most people in this country have the attention span of a nanosecond. Patience is a non existent concept in their lives. So progs like Getting On and this one will be lost on them. By the way who says RAVHJGI is supposed to be a comedy? It's far more kitchen-sink drama, and so far it's been bleak, but reallistic Getting On (which has been brilliant) on the other hand is more like black comedy.

Good to see Dawn French doing something completely different to her usual I'm fat, funny and love chocolate roles.
 
Are they trying to find some keys next week?:confused:

An odd little programme that passed 30 minutes but nothing about it makes me want to watch the next episode.:(
 
I agree that this episode was the most obviously funny but I also found the last few moments genuinely touching.

The way that the couple went from being so together, with Val reassuring Roger and trying to help, to suddenly seeming miles apart was very moving.
 
beee said:
I'm really surprised at the hate for this - I've loved it from the beginning. I think the BBC billing it as a comedy was a bit misleading, though, and if you tuned in expecting a laugh riot then you were bound to be disappointed.
Alfred Molina has been brilliant, it really surprised me. Roger and Val seem like a real couple, expecially in those little moments of affection between them. Then in this week's episode when he was trying to make her laugh, and her tears were falling into the lasagne...

Having said that, I can see why it isn't everyone's cup of tea. I can't work out what the BBC thought they were doing by hiding it away in an odd timeslot on BBC2 and telling everyone it was a 'comedy'?[/QUOTE]

Thankyou. At least someone has the intelligence to understand the points we detractors are trying to make.
I don't need to be "spoonfed", but when a programme is described as a comedy with Dawn French, I don't expect to be watching something resembling Pinter or Ibsen.
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Watching it the other evening and seeing the tall Alfred next to the short Dawn, I wondered whether it had originally been intended as a vehicle for Dawn and her actual husband Lenny Henry (another tall man...hence the connection in my brain).

Before their marriage went tits up of course.
 
I liked this from the start. I'm open to different types of comedy. I love the madness of Shooting Stars and the cleverness of Mitchell and Webb and I always laugh watching Would I Lie To You.
But I'm also prepared to watch gentle, subtle comedy like this and I find it endearing and well done. I haven't got a problem with either of the actors and I find I look forward to it.
Some people want hilarity, I guess and they won't find it here.
 
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