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

Agree with this post. I like it because its real life, I see so much of me and Mr Puddleduck and frienRAB of ours in the characters, that is what makes us chuckle, comparing them to people we actually know.
 
After the first couple of seiresi of the Royal Family and Early Doors too many people think they can write comedy and class it as "gentle" humor. his show sucked and its on its fourth or fith screening as BBC 2 desperatly try to squeeze some viewers out of it somewhere in the schedule.

It is dire dire dire.
 
I have Sensitive Skin on DVD and watch it quite often. Bliss. Really heartbreaking, and yet laugh-out-loud funny. It looks great, and the music is wonderful.
Jean Marsh's death is so shocking

Up In Town is another masterpiece, and another great vehicle for Joanna Lovely.

Did he do Marion and Geoff, too? I keep meaning to pick that up from Ebay, as I missed it on telly.
 
Three episodes in and I'm still enjoying it.

I like the way that parts of their past are slowly coming into the story.

Radio Times describes the next episode as quite a sad one so I imagine that we are going to find out what happened to the baby in the photograph.
 
Just happened to stumble across this when it was up to episode 3. It's so good! Its power is in its subltety. It takes a while to get into and neeRAB the viewer to invest a bit of effort/patience but it is so worth it. Quality TV - I could almost forgive them for The Deep if they also show this sort of thing ;-)
 
To be fair to the person who said it, I'd like to see you find any thread on any forum that doesn't have someone expressing their opinion in a way that someone else doesn't like lol
 
In the first episode, clearing the drawer, did they say they were going to get it all cleared out so the children didn't have to do it when they died?
 
So disappointed in this, was really looking forward to it. Stuck it out for the whole episode but wont be watching it again.
It should have been better, with Alfred Molina and even Dawn French who is usually good in things that don't involve Jennifer Saunder imo.
 
I enjoyed it.

Not exactly laugh out loud but I found myself giggling in quite a few places - mostly when I was reminded of my o/h and I (The big drawer, smell the hall, Val looking on horrified as Roger makes an arse of himself on the phone :o)

Also, I might be looking into it too much, but Roger and Val have no children, just a niece and nephew - so why did they have that little wooden chair in the garage? Was it left over from when their niece/nephew was young or is it something that will be explored in later episodes?

Oh, and the scene where Val described her colleague's collection of 'lovely coats' to a bemused Roger reminded me of some of the nonsense my o/h comes out with. :D
 
I have tried, Lord knows I have tried to 'get into' this but I find the Roger and Val to be 2 of the most boring people on the planet. If my life were ever as dull as theirs I think I would end it all. Good luck to those that do 'get it ' but me, I'll just have to be on the outside of the fan club.
 
Very moving again tonight. I really think the dialogue is excellent...fantastically true to life. There are some beautiful little touches, like when Val was calling Roger an idiot re the email thing and she qualified it with "Not generally..." That's so well observed, and very subtle.

As already mentioned above, it's refreshing to see characters who talk like real people do instead of delivering speeches. Roger and Val really do come across as real people.

Dawn French is a revelation in this; it's shown a whole new depth to her acting....who knew she was capable of such sensitive and heartwrenching drama? Why doesn't she do this kind of thing more often?

There are so many things to think about in the show. It's so true that new grief can trigger feelings about past losses. And the way we all worry about becoming our parents...the painful memories that come to the fore when we're going through something tragic....it's all so well portrayed. I hope the ending brings some happiness and healing to the couple.
 
This is an odd little programme, I don't quite know what to make of it, but can't bring myself to give up on it, because i want to see what unfolRAB.
They seem to clearly be dealing with a major trauma in their lives, and I suspect it will turn out to be the loss of a child, rather than their children leaving home - last night there was a comment by one of them, that sounded quite bitter about some relatives who had children - something like "Well their children have grown up",
I can't remember the comment about the children having to clear out the drawer, but this could be the children referred to last night - who I imagine were nieces or nephews?
 
I was wandering that as well. Like many other posters I thought it was well observed in places, but just not funny. I also think Molina and French overplayed it a bit at points. I think I'll tune in again, but I can see why BBC2 have delayed this from its original transmission date in January.
 
For some reason, the BBC lost interest in the show big time. It was originally scheduled and highlighted as part of BBC2's Autumn 2009 season. Then put back to winter. Now put out in an obscure "can't be arsed" time slot in Summer.

If it was labelled as a "comedy drama" and people were given the scenario of a middle aged couple who have a terrible secret to come to terms with" it certainly would have got people more in tune to what it is about.

I, for one, am thoroughly enjoying it. Yes, nothing happens. Yes, there aren't any laugh out loud moments. But isn't that the point? They talk about crap things in crap scenarios, because basically, 9 times out of ten, life is full of crap things and we all talk about crap things. You only have to browse the RAB threaRAB to see that! So, if ever a TV show was aired that most people can relate to, it's Roger and Val.
 
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