S1 ep1 The New Neighbour Part 1

[bryandawkins]

Ann is hot Martin is a lucky old man to be married to her.

[aan210834]

Paul is gawwwjjus!!!

[odsall]

Bloody hell, nice suite Paul!!!!!!!!

[bluejeckett]

Yeah Briers does have good timing for comedy. I never knew about this one. Only The Good Life and also whats the one where he plays a vicar? Anyone know?

[tvengr4047]

One of my all time favorite comedies. The local PBS station ran it years ago but I had never forgotten it.

[ajivins1]

@ScottfromTexas 'Keep your pecker up' is a very old saying, I think it has more to do with chickens and your chin or beak than the American term 'pecker', the Beeb wasn't that bawdy even in the eighties!

[1488bill]

@ajivins1 Great call again my friend...I'm already addicted.

Penelope is delightful and the Martin character is hilarious.

[TheDunHorse]

haha

Penelope Wilton rocks in this

[Cool2BCeltic]

Looks a bit like Privet Drive.

[MerseysideAlice]

I`ve got the entire DVD series and find the cast very talented indeed and think Richard Briers was outstanding in this part. Very entertaining programme. Plus I thought "Paul" was very sexy!

[1488bill]

@MerseysideAlice Paul reminds me of a British Kevin Spacey...both in looks as well as mannerisms.

[BritComTelly]

Thank you so very much for posting this series! :)

Cheers!

[flimpkin4]

Penelope Wilton must be a chain-smoker. She looks about 100 years old now.

[optimus57]

Great sitcom, great cast. Thanks for uploading.

[tigerboytony]

Does anyone notice when Martin runs up the stairs, Ann says "13 stairs we've got". Well, count them as he runs up, and tell me how many YOU count, I make it 12.

[ScottfromTexas]

I wonder if Briers put something in his mouth to talk like this - seems less natural than in the Good Life. Seems a tiresome charade to keep up with or without a prosthetic.

[jimmywires500]

I think its called acting

[ScottfromTexas]

Thanks for uploading these. Very quaint so far. I got in to a "Good Life" watching marathon here at youtube and some commenters suggested this series so I'm checking it out. Doesn't have the appeal as Good Life because I grew up wathing that on PBS here in the states but looks like a pretty good show so far.

[Woody263]

My dad got me into this i like it but i really like the music lol

[Brythonn]

Wow, you don't get shows like this on Brit TV now. I remember seeing this as Boy and probably caught the jokes. But as an adult now I can really appreciate how clever it was, going into the various characterr types in everyday day life. Whatever happened to our TV viewing, aye?

[bbcisrubbish]

Brythonn.

Quite right, the BBC is now totally devoid of one ounce of originality, imagination and talent.

Every thing is pathetically childish and aimed at the lowest Blair/Brown educated moron.

[jimmywires500]

What about My Family.....Oops my mistake!

[Newworldman66]

@bbcisrubbish You're right. Seems like television is continually dumbing down. Something like EDC would never be commissioned nowadays.

[hulliscorrupt]

@Newworldman66 I agree to a point. I just think you have to wait for good comedy to appear. With new Labour there has been a moratorium on good cutting satire like Not the Nine O'Clock News, or Saturday Night Live. You can debate whether Ali G or The Inbetweeners is good comedy, but perhaps it's a generational thing.

[lexo30]

Esmonde and Larbey's darkest sitcom. I remember the final episode very well.

[stumpydolphin]

WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE LIKE MARTIN

[lexo30]

I work for them.

[djbobbybob1976]

Classic show, easily Briers at his very best. all good!

[massivegayshite]

Loved this show! I heard the theme tune was by Shostakovich. Can anyone confirm this?

[toast111]

Yes - it's his 15th prelude. Check out the 24 preludes by Shostakovich - they are all really short and snappy and some are quite amazing.

[massivegayshite]

@toast111 cheers for the that info, sorry for delay in response. Got a copy of Preludes & Fugues Op 87, by mistake. Preludes Op. 34, no. 15 the chap! Op 87 still a bloody good listen!

[numpty1972]

I would like to say I was a Paul, but I am one of life's Martin's.

[SuzyTurquoiseBlue]

nothing wrong with being a martin, you have to love him!!

[numpty1972]

My brother is called Martin, but he is not like this one! Btw I wondered if Michael Palin could have played Martin?

[lexo30]

Interesting thought. I love Michael Palin but I don't think he could have injected the right level of sadness into Martin. (Martin is one of the saddest of all sitcom characters.)

[numpty1972]

I thought of Michael Palin because Martin reminds me of Palin's character of Dennis in the film Jabberwocky

[lexo30]

Yeah, he is a bit like Dennis. But Dennis is less obsessive and more of an idiot.

[clazza01]

i read that his behaviour is slight autism

[numpty1972]

I would like to see Martin versus "Monk"(the detective) =)

[lexo30]

I think he's supposed to be just a bit obsessive.

[ScottfromTexas]

LOL! Yep. The Brits have a certain savvy about this diametric - I've seen it portrayed in the OTT character [Lord|Captain] Flashheart as a foil to Blackadder. Fantastic stuff on so many levels.

[LOLFanme]

I agree, this was very difficult to find!

[CornishPixieChick]

Wow!! Couldnt find this ANYWHERE

Thankyouuuu :)