PhoneShop

Stumbled across this by accident a few years back and very glad I did.

Clearly written by someone with experience in retail or sales.

I worked in mobile phone retail in London from 1998-2002. My first job when I left Uni - so absolutely relate to Christopher.

Trust me when I say some of the language and situations (inter branch rivalries etc) are bang on !!!

So many dodgy salesmen - there were at least 3 or 4 Razz Prince characters.

Every character in this show is brilliantly cast. If you've ever worked in any sort of corporation, you will completely relate to these characters - every cringeworthy one of them. I've been waiting years to see series 3 and now it's back on c4, we're watching from the beginning again. So funny and so clever in equal measure.

The only thing that depresses me about this show is that they didn't make more episodes. If peep show is tier 1, this would closely follow...

I agree with 'brianloughran55' review of this Channel 4 UK comedy series. People outside the UK, or London to be more precise would not understand much of the humor.

There is an accent in London now in the younger working class generation that is a mix of Jamaican, Cockney and Yardie and it sounds just like that of Lance's Phone Shop employee's! I have sat on the train many times and listened to these people babbling on and it seems the stronger the accent and lingo the more thick they tend to be.

Another thing is that if your just hearing and not seeing who is talking you would never be able to guess their ethnicity.

Still, these colorful characters always unwittingly put a smile on my face so don't worry if you forget the paper when boarding the Victoria to Folkestone train.

I recommend watching an episode from the new series called, 'Baking Bad'. Just total comedy genius!

Every now and then a comedy goes under the radar and doesn't get the credit it deserves. Phoneshop falls under that category. It might not be the greatest comedy ever but its very good. The main cast are all superb and all have great timing. A lot of the scenes are ad libbed which is even more of a testament to how good the comedy acting is, especially tom bennett who plays Christopher who jails a very awkward line. Ashley and jerwayne are played to perfection as 2 over confident phones salesman. Some people might not like the Razz Prince character but I think kayvan novak nails it. As said in other reviews this might not translate as well to audiences outside the UK but I personally think its superb.