Mammoth

His character is brilliantly done - very funny and retro and lovingly out of touch and relatable (and cheesy) Let's be honest - everybody of a certain age had a gym teacher just like him lol

music is great - perfect placement - can't wait for more.

Arriving largely without fanfare, I caught this show on iPlayer. Interesting show which plays to a large extent as a drama with the 'back from the dead' storyline largely in the back ground. Indeed you see nothing of Mammoth's return from the dead but catch up with him a few months later. The 'fish out of water' plot has been done many times before and this show offers no real new twists. However, it does have heart and offers a few laughs along the way. Hopefully it will get a series.

I love the Unexplainers on BBC radio and the podcast so was chuffed to see Mike Bubbins in this and he's a PE teacher again :) Hopefully it will a get a series and we can see more of his story and more of his Capri!

Toby Mammoth is caught in an avalanche in 1979, he's perfectly frozen and preserved, untill he's brought back to life in present day, Toby has to readjust to a whole new life.

Think of a spoof version of Life on Mars, I think this really work, very funny. I'm so glad to see that a full series followed, it deserved it, it certainly built on it. It certainly has a relevance in today's climate, it's Inoffensive, but definitely pokes fun at 1970's attitudes.

I can't wait to see further episodes, great seeing what Tony gets away with, such as hitting on mums at parents evening and running over a pupil.

This had me chuckling from start to finish, it was well made, and very well acted, Mike Bubbins did a cracking job here, as did Sian Gibson and Joseph Marcell.

Welsh humour at its finest. At a time where it seems that sitcoms have died, this cut through.

8/10.

I don't think many could capture the essence of the 1970's through the lens of a macho sexist PE teacher better than Mike Bubbins managed to achieve in this mini series. There were many genuine laugh out loud moments and some wonderful hillarious situations created by the writers. As someone who went to school in a Welsh comp in the 70's this was nostalgic and very funny. Bubbins seems a late bloomer and it is such a shame he wasn't recognised sooner because he has a rare and unique talent and is clearly a man who would have thrived had he been born several decades earlier. I hope this improves his profile and we see more of him in the future.