Episodes - Series 1 (2011)

Builds slowly to become completely absorbing and funny and gripping. It's not full of jokes, which is why some people might not see the humour, but I personally think that humour which is based on the interplay between characters is much funnier. The characters are all well-rounded; there is much, much more to this series than a few superficial guffaws. It is brilliantly written and superbly acted.

I thought Friends was incredibly bland and over-rated so I was going to skip Episodes because so much of the plot was about Matt le Blanc. Then I read the reviews (The Times - 'The must-see comedy of the year') and realised that Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan (Green Wing) were in it. I agree with the reviewer below who said it was slow to start, but once you get past the third episode you will be hooked. By the second series I was watching it back-to-back. Very, very clever send-up of the Hollywood TV industry by two writers who obviously know it so well. I came out of it loving Matt le Blanc. The scene where he throws his own celebrity cologne at the wall is extremely funny.

Of the two reviews below, I am siding with the single star. This is not a funny sitcom and just gets more irritating as you get closer to the end which doesn't come soon enough.

Only made it through one and a half episodes then turned it off. We didn't even chuckle, not a single laugh. Neither British nor American humour. Maybe perseverence would pay off like the last reviewer said.

Starts slowly with the first few episodes but builds to become very funny.