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[Mr Flibble]

Guess who directed “To the Manor Born”?

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[Dave]

Cecil B DeMille?

[Phil]

Well?! Was it Cecil B DeMille?!

[thomasaevans]

And was’nt It good? I was starting to wonder whether BBC Comedy had either bad actors or bad directors.

Its neither. Its bad scripts. My apologies to both actors and directors.

‘To The manor Born’ was an excellent reunion. A bloody decent script to the standard of previous episodes… 25 years ago btw. Im really impressed by that.

However, did anyone see ‘My Family’ on boxing day?

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT ABOUT?????? UTTER BOLLOCKS!

[Andrew]

> ?To The manor Born? was an excellent reunion.

I have to agree. I was expecting little, and got much more. A rare joy.

[mick]

>WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT ABOUT?????? UTTER BOLLOCKS!

I’m guessing that was a rhetorical question.

[Pete Part Three]

I’m guessing it’s up there with “Did anyone else trim their pubic hair with a hedgetrimmer on Boxing Day?”. The answer to both questions is “No, that would be a stupid thing to do”.

[pfm]

I’m convinced the BBC are literally a shower of shite. Then you get stuff like Who, Extras and To The Manor Born and my mind is changed (even though I sat through almost every minute of Manor Born wishing it had no film effect, well, wishing it was actually shot ON film, because it deserved to be). Someone should donate some 35mm film and cameras to the BBC.

[Jonathan Capps]

Extras is utter shite.

[Pete Part Three]

Um…no.

The final episode was a bit ropey but that adjective should be reserved for the likes of The Green Green Grass and The Catherine Tate Show.

[Jonathan Capps]

> The final episode was a bit ropey but that adjective should be reserved for the likes of The Green Green Grass and The Catherine Tate Show.

No, it shouldn’t. The Green Green Grass is just offensive with the quality of its comedy, but Extras is just as bad if not worse than The Catherine Tate Show in that it has an utter, UTTER cunt as the lead.

All that fucker Ricky Gervais does is forced embarrassing situations, almost always created by his character ‘hilariously’ being racicst, mysoginist, homophobic… the same thing that EVERY CHARACTER HE HAS EVER CREATED does, including his stand-up persona. He’s a lazy shit rag with not a single good joke in his worthless little bones.

[Phil]

I like his little beard.

[Dave]

I like his little bones

[Tarka Dal]

I thought ‘To the Manor Born’ was pretty weak tbh. The cast themselves pulled some charm from the script, but ultimately it was the best of a bad crop.

[Paul Muller]

My Grandma loved it.

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