The Great Outdoors

I can't believe I'm the first person to write a review of this!

Just three episodes aired in summer 2010 and though I haven't seen it since I remember watching them twice through with my parents. Each one was top-to-toe hilarious and It was certainly, to my mind, one of the best British sitcoms produced this century so far. And I've seen pretty much all of them!

A simple premise, but one which was perfectly married to a set of rich characters and, with a fine cast and excellent script, turned out to be properly hilarious. Special praise must be "heaped" on Mark Heap, always a reliable performer, who masterfully anchors the show here. The scripts, written by twice-BAFTA winning Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley of Black Books and Little Britain, were witty and well-observed.

A pity that it didn't return for a second series. I can only imagine that a summer transmission was not the best time for it. Perhaps people were experiencing 'the great outdoors' for themselves, and it would have been better to air in winter when it could be enviously enjoyed like 'Death In Paradise'.