Wed, December 25, 2024

44. CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2024

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST It's CHRIIIIISTMAAAAS and ROBERT and ALEX 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! - Host / Editor Robert Turned the bull inside out and danced in its entrails (Twitter/X @Forducks) Co Host Alex Lynched by the neck from the twisted old oak tree (Twitter/X @AlexJRLynch) You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter/X: @YHBWpod Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: patreon.com/YHBWPOD Part of the Film Stories family filmstories.co.uk Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thu, October 31, 2024

43. HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: Dr Terrible's House of Horrible

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST It's Halloween and ROBERT and ALEX get their spooky on to discuss the 2001 sitcom, Dr TERRIBLE'S HOUSE OF HORRIBLE from STEVE COOGAN and GRAHAM DUFF . 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. - Host / Editor Robert Turned the bull inside out and danced in its entrails (Twitter/X @Forducks) Co Host Alex Lynched by the neck from the twisted old oak tree (Twitter/X @AlexJRLynch) You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter/X: @YHBWpod Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: patreon.com/YHBWPOD Part of the Film Stories family filmstories.co.uk Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mon, September 09, 2024

42. Motherland

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST Get your shoes on, grab your school bag and get in the car because in this episode ROBERT and ALEX take 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 moderns pressures and trials of middle class parenting, MOTHERLAND by Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Helen Serafinowicz & Barunka O'Shaughnessy (and Graham Linehan in the first series) - 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 Part of the Film Stories family filmstories.co.uk Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sun, August 18, 2024

41. Allo' Allo'

Vive la résistance! Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST In this episode ROBERT and ALEX 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 grope the waitresses! - Host / Editor Robert Turnbull (Twitter/X @Forducks) Co Host Alex Lynch (Twitter/X @AlexJRLynch) You Have Been Watching on social media: Twitter/X: @YHBWpod Watch THE RETURN OF ALLO' ALLO' full documentary on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYge3c4wL1o&t=3465s Watch THE RETURN OF ALLO' ALLO' edited version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU2lwwth06k Subscribe to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: EXTRA LAUGHS: patreon.com/YHBWPOD Part of the Film Stories family filmstories.co.uk Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thu, August 01, 2024

40. YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING and SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE CROSSOVER 2 - The 10%ers Series One

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 honourable thing and return for a full review of the first series! - Host Robert Turnbull (Twitter/X @Forducks) Guest/Editor Mark Adams 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 Part of the Film Stories family filmstories.co.uk Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tue, July 02, 2024

39. UK GENERAL ELECTION SPECIAL

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST It’s time to get political as ROBERT and ALEX 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 this episode does contain extremely strong language as well as extremely strong opinions on the Tory party bastards who have wrecked our country over the past 14 years... * *Other political opinions are available* 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 Part of the Film Stories family filmstories.co.uk Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S38 Enull · Mon, June 17, 2024

38. THE SHAMELESS CLIP SHOW

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST It’s self promotion time in our very special SHAMELESS CLIP SHOW episode! Yes, in order to give all our listeners who haven’t yet signed up to our exclusive Patreon (do it now at patreon.com/YHBWPOD ) a taste of what our subscription Extra Laughs episodes are like, we’ve edited together a clip show with a few highlights of what you’e missing! With clips from our discussions on: Maid Marian and Her Merry Men , movie rom coms including the films Staggered , Chasing Amy and The Truth About Cats and Dogs , a little snippet of our Fawlty Towers stage show review as well as a few of our thoughts on Animated Comedy before ending with a soupçon of chat about sketch show, Six Pairs of Pants . So sit back, enjoy and if you like this why not sign up for even more extra laughs! 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 Part of the Film Stories family filmstories.co.uk Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thu, May 30, 2024

37. AMERICAN SITCOMS SPECIAL - part 2

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST 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! ROBERT and ALEX 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 even get to hear ROBERT sing... sort of...  What shows make the grade and will your faves be on the list? 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 Part of the Film Stories family filmstories.co.uk Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sat, May 11, 2024

Test

Thu, May 02, 2024

36. AMERICAN SITCOMS SPECIAL - part 1

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sat, April 20, 2024

35. RISING DAMP

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thu, April 04, 2024

34. COME BACK MRS NOAH

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fri, March 22, 2024

33. GHOSTS

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thu, March 07, 2024

33. The Curse Of Fatal Death TARDIS CREW CROSSOVER

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thu, February 29, 2024

32. ASYLUM

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wed, February 14, 2024

31. VALENTINE'S SPECIAL GAVIN & STACEY -v- AS TIME GOES BY

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thu, February 01, 2024

30. Blackadder 40th(ish)

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thu, January 18, 2024

29. YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING and SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE CROSSOVER - The 10%ers

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonus · Thu, January 11, 2024

You Have Been Watching: 2024 Trailer!

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thu, January 11, 2024

28. Recasting

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thu, May 11, 2023

27. The Windsors (Coronation Special)

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thu, April 27, 2023

PREVIEW: Extra Laughs - April 2023

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thu, April 13, 2023

PREVIEW: Extra Laughs - The Return of Basil Fawlty, Frasier & Red Dwarf

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thu, April 06, 2023

26. Rev. (2010-2014)

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S3 E4 · Thu, March 23, 2023

25. Up Pompeii! (1969-1970, 1975, 1991)

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thu, March 16, 2023

Introducing... You Have Been Watching: Extra Laughs

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S3 E3 · Thu, March 09, 2023

24. Sitcom to Film Adaptations (Part 2)

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S3 E2 · Thu, March 02, 2023

23. Sitcom to Film Adaptations (Part 1)

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S3 E1 · Thu, February 16, 2023

22. Just Good Friends (1983-1986)

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2 Enull · Sat, December 24, 2022

21. Christmas Special 2022: Men Behaving Badly's 'Jingle Balls' & The Vicar of Dibley Christmases

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about the British television sitcom. In this special Christmas episode, your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull each choose a favourite festive comedy special and discuss why they love it, with some analysis thrown in. Tony went lowbrow (again) with Men Behaving Badly's 'Jingle Balls' and Rob went (sort of again) highbrow with all three of The Vicar of Dibley Christmas specials in 1996, 1999 & 2004. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2 Enull · Thu, November 24, 2022

20. The Young Ones (1982-1984)

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they celebrate the 40th anniversary of anarchic early 80s comedy THE YOUNG ONES, featuring the next generation of alternative comedians lampooning the sitcom stable in unique fashion. They are joined by special guest Richard Latto, BBC producer behind the new 40th anniversary Blu-ray set, who talks about the show and the exciting new extras included on the release. Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Special Guest Richard Latto Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis Twitter: @yhbwatchingpod We Made This on Twitter: @we_madethis wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2 Enull · Thu, November 03, 2022

19. Absolutely Fabulous (1992-2016) (Pt 2)

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they celebrate the 30th anniversary of ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS by discussing Jennifer Saunders' popular comedy which ran from 1992-2012, in the second of a two-part episode. In two weeks time, join Tony as he is joined by Richard Latto, producer of a new BBC release of THE YOUNG ONES, to discuss the show as it turns 30 years old... 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 wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2 Enull · Tue, November 01, 2022

18. Absolutely Fabulous (1992-2016) (Pt 1)

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they celebrate the 30th anniversary of ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS by discussing Jennifer Saunders' popular comedy which ran from 1992-2012, in the first of a two-part episode. In two days time, join Tony & Rob as they continue their exploration of ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS into its later years... 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 wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2 Enull · Thu, October 13, 2022

17. 100 Years of BBC Sitcom

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they celebrate the 100th year centenary of the BBC by looking at the broad sweep of BBC sitcom. Going back all the way to the late 1940s, we cover the sweep of key decades across the 20th century where BBC comedy helped shape the social fabric of a changing nation, from Alf Garnett's counter-cultural railing in the 1960s, to Basil Fawlty's latent imperial anxiety across the 70s, and into the lad/ladette culture of the 1990s, before looking at what the 21st century has offered so far. This and so much more! In two weeks time, join Tony as he guests on the Shipwrecked & Comatose podcast with Matt Latham discussing the third season of THE BRITTAS EMPIRE... 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 wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2 Enull · Thu, September 29, 2022

16. Whoops Apocalypse! (1982)

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they celebrate the 40th anniversary of WHOOPS APOCALYPSE! by discussing David Renwick & Andrew Marshall's cult comedy from 1982. A satire of the end of the world, the series features a feckless US President under the spell of a fundamentalist, a decaying Soviet state of old men and cloned replacements, and a bonkers British Prime Minister who believes he is Superman. The show depicts, at the latter stage height of the Cold War, a race between idiots toward WW3 - does the series resonate in a 2020s with escalating nuclear conflict and a resurgent Russian threat? We take a look. In two weeks time, join Tony & Rob as they celebrate the centenary of the BBC with a whistle stop tour through the history of the BBC sitcom... 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 wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2 Enull · Thu, September 15, 2022

15. Hippies (1999)

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they travel back to 1999 (or maybe 1969) to discuss Arthur Mathews' short-lived BBC sitcom, HIPPIES. Set at the end of the 60s, featuring Simon Pegg, Sally Phillips, Julian Rhind-Tutt & Darren Boyd as an assortment of middle-class hippies running a counterculture magazine, the series confronts many of the cliches of the era - fashion, hair, festivals etc... but whether it truly manages to bring it all to life is open to question. We try and find out. In two weeks time, join Tony & Rob as they approach the end of the world with David Renwick & Andrew Marshall's 1982 political satire, WHOOPS APOCALYPSE! 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 wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2 Enull · Thu, September 01, 2022

14. Porridge (1974-1977)

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they head for HMP Slade to discuss Dick Clement & Ian la Frenais' 1970s BBC sitcom, PORRIDGE. Starring the great Ronnie Barker as seasoned lag Norman Stanley Fletcher, wheeling, dealing and conniving his way in stir as he plans to 'go straight', Porridge has gone down in sitcom history as one of the greats. But has it stood the test of time? What about the legacy of its sequels and revivals? And what impact did it have on shows to come? In two weeks time, join Tony & Rob as they head back to 1999 (or maybe 1999) to discuss Arthur Mathews' short-lived BBC series, HIPPIES... 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 wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2 Enull · Thu, August 18, 2022

13. Cuffy & Cribbins: A Tribute

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull for a sadly unexpected tribute episode to the great Bernard Cribbins, who passed away July 27th, 2022, at the age of 93. They take a whistle stop tour through his long career discussing his early CARRY ON movies, his legendary TV appearances such as voicing THE WOMBLES and playing Mr Hutchinson in FAWLTY TOWERS' 'The Hotel Inspectors', all the way through to his late in life famed role in DOCTOR WHO, and with a special focus on 1983's CUFFY, one of the few sitcoms he had a starring role in... Next time, join Tony & Rob as they head to do some stir at HMP Slade as they deep dive into the classic mid-70's Ronnie Barker vehicle, PORRIDGE... 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 wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2 Enull · Thu, August 04, 2022

12. The Best of British Sitcom Themes (Pt 2)

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 the best British sitcom themes of all time. Counting down from their 5-1 choices in a Top Ten list, they discuss the themes to series across the decades as diverse as ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES, ALLO ALLO, RED DWARF, BLACKADDER and many more. Next time, join Tony & Rob for a special tribute to the late, great Bernard Cribbins, including a look at his under-seen 1983 sitcom, CUFFY... 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 wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2 Enull · Thu, July 28, 2022

11. The Best of British Sitcom Themes (Pt 1)

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 the best British sitcom themes of all time. Counting down from their 10-6 choices in a Top Ten list, they discuss the themes to series across the decades as diverse as HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR, THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN, THE VICAR OF DIBLEY, ARE YOU BEING SERVED? 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 wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tue, January 11, 2022

10. Friday Night Dinner (2011-2020)

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they discuss Robert Popper's celebrated Channel Four sitcom FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER, which ran for six series between 2011-2020. Revolving around the Goodman's, a middle-class Jewish family, we see sons Adam & Jonny visit their parents Jackie & Martin each Friday night for what turns out to inevitably be a chaotic, strange or sometimes tense dinner, often dragging their weird neighbour Jim and the dog he owns but is terrified of, Wilson, into the madness. A cult show that grew into a favourite across several generations, what made the show such a success? Does it deserve to be heralded as the defining British family sitcom of the 2010s? We take a look and try to find out... 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: @wmt_network wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sat, December 25, 2021

9. Christmas Special 2021: Bottom's 'Holy' & Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Bottom / Blackadder's Christmas Carol - Analysis Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about the British television sitcom. In this special Christmas episode, your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull each choose a favourite festive comedy special and discuss why they love it, with some analysis thrown in. Tony went lowbrow with Bottom's 'Holy' and Rob went (sort of) highbrow with Blackadder's Christmas Carol. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 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: @wmt_network wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wed, December 15, 2021

8. The Brittas Empire (Series 2) w/ Shipwrecked & Comatose

The Brittas Empire - Series 2 Analysis Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about the British television sitcom. In this special episode, a crossover with Red Dwarf podcast SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE, host Tony Black is joined by Matt Latham, of PICK A DISC, for the second of a seven-part season by season dissection of 90s sitcom, THE BRITTAS EMPIRE. Host Tony Black Co-Host / Editor Matt Latham Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis Twitter: @yhbwatching We Made This on Twitter: @wmt_network wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wed, November 24, 2021

7. The Brittas Empire (Series 1) w/ Shipwrecked & Comatose

The Brittas Empire - Series 1 Analysis Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about the British television sitcom. In this special episode, a crossover with Red Dwarf podcast SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE, host Tony Black is joined by Matt Latham, of PICK A DISC, for the first of a seven-part season by season dissection of 90s sitcom, THE BRITTAS EMPIRE. Host Tony Black Co-Host / Editor Matt Latham Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis Twitter: @yhbwatching We Made This on Twitter: @wmt_network wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wed, October 27, 2021

6. Sean Lock's 15 Storeys High (2002-2004)

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they discuss Sean Lock's short-lived blend of sitcom and sketch show from 2002-2004, 15 STOREYS HIGH. Lock plays Vince, owner of a dingy London flat, who takes on Benedict Wong's flatmate Errol and the series depicts their grim lives and vignettes of numerous people in the same tower block. After Lock's tragic recent death to cancer, the series has been repeated after years in obscurity, but does it stand the test of time? Is it a lost gem? Or was it lost for a reason? 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: @wmt_network wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wed, October 13, 2021

5. Tony & Rob's Personal Sitcom Histories

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they break format and focus in on their own personal histories with the British sitcom. What were the first comedies they watched? Which ones did they fall hard for and when? And what are their personal favourites? This and more in a wide ranging chat covering decades of sitcom... 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: @wmt_network wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wed, September 29, 2021

4. Alexei Sayle's Paris (1994)

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they discuss Graham Linehan & Arthur Matthews' short-lived sitcom PARIS, starring Alexei Sayle, which aired in 1994. Sayle appears as Alain Degout, a foul mouthed and uncouth artist in 1920s Paris who believes himself a genius not respected in his time. With all the trappings of a traditional sitcom, why did Paris last just one series and retain zero cultural footprint? 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: @wmt_network wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wed, September 15, 2021

3. The Office (2001-2003)

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they discuss Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant's mockumentary sitcom THE OFFICE, from 2001-2003. A transatlantic sensation that spawned a legion of similar comedies in both the UK & US, how did The Office change comedy? Does it remain as groundbreaking as it was and it is still as powerful a commentary on the workplace as it was? We unpick it and find out. Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Check out Tony's detailed essays on The Office: https://thetruthisinhere.co.uk/the-office-reviews/ Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis Twitter: @yhbwatching We Made This on Twitter: @wmt_network wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S1 E1 · Wed, September 01, 2021

2. Fawlty Towers (1975 & 1979)

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they discuss John Cleese & Connie Booth's classic 1970s sitcom FAWLTY TOWERS. Frequently cited as one of the greatest comedies of all time, has Basil Fawlty and his madcap escapades in his Torquay hotel stood the test of time? We unpick themes, meanings, problems and successes in this beloved and seminal comedy. Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Support the We Made This podcast network on Patreon: www.patreon.com/wemadethis We Made This on Twitter: @wmt_network Website: wemadethisnetwork.com Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sat, July 31, 2021

1. You Have Been Watching: An Introduction

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Join your hosts Tony Black & Robert Turnbull as they discuss the concept of the podcast, what you can expect, and what they might be covering in the near future... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices