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Pretty much found this series by accident after looking up Al Murray's YouTube channel. Am up to episode 10 and loving it.

Murray isn't mentioned at all here in New Zealand on mainstream media, maybe because he isn't PC enough, which is a shame as he's very funny. At least we have youtube to get our fix.

This series is like a cross between Bottom and Cheers, well, more like Bottom and quite a bit ruder but funnier for it.

I suspect it has been swept under the carpet because it is so un-pc but that is what makes it so funny. Worth a watch imo.

I don't know what Teotihuacan was watching, but it obviously wasn't Time Gentlemen Please.

My wife is American and it's about the only British comdy she watches, laughs at and really enjoys. The programme has now moved on and Julia is no longer there, so any other Australians put off by Teotihuacan's comments can rest assured that they won't be cringing at her accent, not that I thought it was that bad. The strong characterisations (slutty Aussie, maloderous Drunk, still in the closet gay pervy guy, failed-at-everything landlord) and catchphrases add immensly to the humour of this thoroughly hilarious show. Perhaps it's just *too* British for Teotihuacan to understand.

Give it a try!

I watched all of season 1 and 2 within a couple of days, once into the first episode I couldn't stop watching. It is such a clever written comedy, hilarious, great one liners and gags & superb how each cast member seem to have their own quotes which works well every episode, even Terry's constant farting doesn't effect the morale of the comedy.

The talented Julia Sawalha, who puts on a brilliant Australian accent left at end of season one which I thought would effect the shows continuity leading into season two but in comes the absolutely gorgeous Emma Pierson as Connie, another amazing talent who helps keep the show alive.

Overall this is a highly recommended comedy, definitely 10/10 and definitely in need of much more episodes, British television needs more humour of this quality.

After watching AL Murray on An audience with i became this mans greatest fan. He is so big headed, rude, but to the point. This sitcom is the best. Its mainly a one set show but the jokes as so well timed, well worded and Political Correctness is nowhere to be seen (and in Britain these days it s a blessed relief).

Lines like "never confused" "where would we be without rules?" (wont put the answer) are priceless and i even use them in everyday life. This man is a genius, give him another run of this sitcom and let it shine again.

Hear it for the Beer. All hale to the Ale. and welcome the wine, for the ladies. Pint for the fella, glass of white wine, fruit based drink for the lady.

A superficially simple but sometimes layered and always entertaining sit com.

Based on Al Murray's stand up character of The Pub Landlord he created while comparing at Harry Hill's Pub Internationale show at Edinburgh.

He took this Perrier Award winning formula and turned it into a series allowing him to extend the act from the one man show to include a full roster of your typical pub occupants: The career boozer, the loser barman, the staple barmaids - Aussie in the first series, student in the second, the Prof (he's wearing glasses!!!), the HUGE bloke/small bird combo, he old man with no name, the brewery rep (never pulled a pint in her life!!!), the rival landlord (he makes his money on the food!) and a few other semi regulars.

A very catchphrase heavy show, but it all adds to the familiarity once you've seen a few episodes.

Emulating pub chat everywhere it seemed no topic was safe from the Guv's and the other patrons roving eye. Common targets were the French, women, royalty, celebs and politicians.

There some points where the stand up origins are very clear, a lot of the act does transfer well but there can be long monologues from the Guv, albeit funny ones.

Amazed by some of the comments about Al Murray and the show being "non PC" and "refreshing" which is madness. It's satire of the London pub landlord/taxi driver and a character he's played for ages (Al is actually someone who is very liberal and actually stood against the revolting Farage in the 2015 general election!).

Anyway, the show is genius - satire at its finest with brilliant repeated catchphrase which work - too many to list - with perhaps "do you remember that song", "nah" and the straight lines of Uncle Barry the best :)

Such a shame the actual pub (which appears in Minder - it's a sorry lorry morry) has been demolished - and so few saw this as it was buried on sky one back in the day!

Set in a no name pub somewhere in England, it was a brilliant sitcom full of satire such as the guv's speech on proper food after insulting the Germans and the Koreans "bangers and mash...the genitals and offal of a pig mashed up and stuffed into an intestinal sheath...now thats proper food". The amazing catch phrases that sprang up and not bothering to give half the characters proper names such as the old man and up to a point which gave birth to a wonderful line.

(on the phone) Old man: Yes its the old man with no name...at the pub with no name.

It was a sitcom completely unafraid to be non-PC, poking fun at religion and countries whilst making fun of the Guv's small mindedness and ignorance. I believe this to be one of the best sitcoms to ever be made definitely in this day and age. I hope its released on DVD one day.

The sheer amount of racism, sexism and general bigotry in this series is unbelievable - and it's all the better for it. Other shows water down their comedy to make it "acceptable", but this one doesn't bother and is absolutely hilarious. Great performances and some great lines.

i have been watching this show, which is on it's first series, after seeing interviews with Al Murray in a lot of the monthly magazines. Al plays a sexist, narrow minded, stubborn landlord of what must be the scruffiest pub in Britain, where only the 5 regulars seem to be the only customers! The laughs come thick and fast as Murray rants about women, the French('they're up to something!!') Brussels, and pub theme nights('the only theme a pub needs is BEER!!!') Julia Sawahla(Absolutely Fabulous) plays the brash, foul mouthed Aussie barmaid who never gets paid, and Phil Daniels (Quadrophenia) plays the local slob who keeps getting barred out!If you like the humour of 'Harry Hill' and 'Bottom', then you'll love 'TGMP'.

Shear genius!!! This sitcom just keeps getting better!!! 18 Episodes in (18! - you don't get that on terrestrial) & it still has me wetting myself every week. Catchphrases abound: "Its not normal","never confused","I'm cheeky me","Look at his face - its a picture","Back off Brussels","Damn my bean shaped face","COW! Never pulled a pint in her life","Mustards Yellow - not Brown!","They play bowls on gravel for pitys sake!" and "Do you remember when the Prof won £2 out of that machine". Funniest telly since the Fast Show.

Yeah it isn't the best comedy ever, but as someone who grew up watching shows such as "mind your language" and "Love Thy Neighbour" it is a refreshing return to the great sexist, racist un-pc British sense of humour that those shows had. For the most part the characters are amusing and I get at least a few laughs out of each episode. Considering how "nice" comedies have generally become in recent years it is a pleasant change.

This is without a doubt one of the funniest shows British television has produced in ages. Al Murray is superb as he translates perfectly his stand-up character, the landlord, into a sitcom star. His unusual and un-PC rantings almost always hit the spot and though his supporting characters are rarely given any material to work with who cares? He carries the show on his own with only Terry and, more recently, The Prof lending any comic support. Julia Sawalha is completely wasted. Steve is equally unfunny, and he's a stand-up comic apparently, but to be fair to them they haven't much to work with. The gags come fast and often and with most of them revolving around the pub trade (which has been meticulously copied, go to a real pub during the day and you'll see what I mean), the French and the landlord's own take on life, they're always good. A rare treat and I've become quite hooked, here's to a second series.

One of the funniest British comedies in a while. It has more episodes per series than the usual six so naturally it is less consistent than some comedies but most of the episodes are pure TV gold, the last episode in series 2 has to be one of the funniest pieces of television ever made.

Unfortunately, it was first shown on sky one, and as far as I know sky one has never released any of it's programmes onto DVD, so the only way you're going to be able to see this is a repeat. If you do see it scheduled you really should find some time to watch it, because deep down in every Englishman's heart, behind all of that fluffy, new labour PC, we all know that the best jokes are extremely xenophobic.

I have to say the best thing about Time Gentlemen Please is Julia Sawalha as Aussie barmaid Janet Wilson and the reason why is that i was a big fan of Julia as an actress ever since she played Lynda Day in Press Gang and enjoyed all her other roles throughout her career so far but i have never ever seen such a performance played so fantastic and funny on any actress in all my life.Julia Sawalha should have won an Oscar for playing Janet and i like the way she brought the famous Aussie humour that Australians have and i'm so glad that they gave Julia as her character(Janet)the opportunity to swear and be as foul mouthed as she liked and that was rare for television.Also there was only five actresses that i know of who could play realistic characters and be really really nice as themselves and that was Julia Sawalha,Danielle McCormack Who plays Mel Barker in My Parents Are Aliens,Australian actresses Taya Straton and Rebecca Dines and it wasn't fair in what happened to Taya Straton as she was the best actress Australia ever had and Sheridan Smith from Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.I always always look forward to watching Julia Sawalha as Janet on Time Gentlemen Please every time they repeat it on the cable/satellite channels and for anybody who hated Julia's performance which i had to read about before i made a comment i couldn't care less what they said because i have seen Julia Sawalha in a lot of roles as an actress over the years and i think not only was she one of the most beautiful ladies i have ever seen in my life but she is an absolutely fantastic actress as far as i was concerned and Julia's performance on the show made Christmas on television again worth watching instead of watching reality rubbish like the X Factor,Pop Idol and various foreign rubbish that is no good whatsoever apart from English,Australian and sometimes Canadian stuff and even tonight's episode(Tuesday 5th January 2005)i wish that Time Gentlemen Please had made more episodes with Julia Sawalha because she was the best actress to play an Aussie considering she was from London,England and it was my favourite role Julia ever played and if Prisoner Cell Block H had still been made now i would have liked to have seen Julia on the show because she started reminding me of not only of how utterly brilliant most of the actresses from Prisoner was but Julia had put in her performance an Aussie sense of humour that was absolutely spot on to her character and turned in a 100 per cent performance every time and was really really funny and so was Al Murray as the landlord that bloke was priceless.I would like to request sky one in England to ask Julia,Al and the rest of the cast to make at least another series because at least it was better than Friends and Julia Sawalha was a better actress than the usual Hollywood star.A truly great performance from a truly fantastic actress.

I love English comedy, but this show is pathetic. I've tried to watch it a few times, but keep turning to something else. Also I loved Julia in Ab Fab and other shows, BUT... please, enough with the fake Aussie accent, either get it right, or don't try, it's embarrassing. Leave out the Bonza, no one really uses that phrase.