The Power of Parker on Beeb 1.
Set somewhere oop North, this comedy tells the tale of Martin Parker, who owns a small chain of white goods shops, doing all his own cringeworthy TV commercials, (Remember those? 
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He’s cheating on his missus, and also owes money all over town to some shady characters.
Jointly written by, and starring, the delightful Sian Gibson, surely one of the funniest folk on TV, it’s a winner.
Me too but I hope it eventually resolves itself and doesn’t run out of steam with an endless stream of fantastical happenings.
We enjoyed both ‘seasons’ very much.
G
I attempted to watch the Bear but gave up, I found the quick fire editing all a bit tiresome. Currently binging on NYPD Blue on Disney though, although very dated I’d forgotten how good it was, razor sharp scripts and lots of intertwined back stories, acting from main characters is pretty good but what surprised me is the stuff that would be considered inappropriate in a mainstream tv show today - a fair bit of nudity and obvious racial undertones to a name a few, great stuff though, they don’t make them like they used to!
Tim, if you liked Home Improvement, you might want to give Last Man Standing a go; enjoyable stuff with the same humour.
Season 3 of Only Murders in the Building on Disney+
https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/only-murders-in-the-building/2EfP45PYWY5s
And the monkey noises.
What I also loved about the show was the live audience genuinely losing it rather than relying on canned laughter. I first saw it channel surfing in hotel in Seattle. I was just trying to avoid incessant advertising so caught bits of the show going up and down the channel listing. This was in 1991. I thought it was the worst DIY show ever based on those few seconds. Only when it landed on C4 a bit later did the penny drop. I have the early series on DVD but if it’s on Disney I’ll properly introduce my kids to it.
There is a great episode on him buying a hifi without sign-off from the wife!
Fisk is available on Netflix OS and well worth a peak. Those of you that liked Colin From Accounts will probably enjoy it.
Just watched the first episode…do you have a cameo part 
Yes I’m her boss 
Did you enjoy it.
Yep, very funny. I liked Colin from accounts also 
Very much in the same vein of humour Pete; this has been another pleasure with some great scripting & brilliant characters. As yet we only have series 1 available here although I believe that there is a second series.
I enjoyed it. My wife was laughing out loud, which is rare when she’s watching the telly.
2nd season goes to air on the ABC later this year don’t think it’s on Netflix until 2024.
If you have access to Utopia (Kitty is in this as well) on Netflix it’s well worth it as well. It’s an about a government department (infrastructure).
Thanks Pete, this is a real shame because it looks like Utopia is not on Netflix here - & the trailer looks really promising. We have a few similar-ish series here: Thick of It, Twenty Twelve & W1A - these are all BBC items so I am not sure what of access you might have to any of these.
Glad you guys enjoyed it humour doesn’t always translate across borders.
Finding Les Norton on Prime a really interesting comedy drama. It’s from Australia and is funny and surprising in turns. Love it.
Anyone else binged BBC’s ‘Wolf’? Utterly bananas and (unintentionally) laugh out loud, so quite enjoyable.
G
It was quite enjoyable, ran out of steam a bit at the end, some good twists along the way.
