Harry Enfield's Television Programme

Since there is only one review of this on IMDb in 8 years I thought I would comment as well. Enfield's sketches are hit and miss, but a review of his work over the last 25 years shows a great honing of his wit, and when his skit is on, it is deadly. Some of the sketches require a bit of knowledge of British culture. For example, the Smashie and Nicey sketches are a send up of the BBC Radio One DJ's of the era. You wouldn't know, for example, that Paul Whitehouse as Mike Smash moaning on-air about his wife leaving him and playing the same record over and over again is a joke about the real life broken-heart goings on by Tony Blackburn on BBC Radio One in 1976. Even not knowing the origins of the sketch it's quite hilarious, but knowing it makes it wickedly funny.

Enfield and Whitehouse, being older now themselves, target an older crowd for their barbs, and it fits them better than doing routines like Kevin or LoadsaMoney. Nevertheless, there is plenty in the 1990's era Enfield that is outstanding. I only found Enfield accidentally through YouTube; I suppose the inside-joke nature of their British targets makes it difficult to translate over to a broad cross section of American audiences, but I find it devilishly dead-on.

After being given a dvd box set of the complete Harry Enfield and chums have I come to realise this kind of comedy just can't be made in today's world That being said it doesn't stop this being the start of some of the funniest people ever to work on British tv

All these years later I have to wonder what Lilly Alien and her little brother Alfie make of the sketches of them as babies played by Harry and the wonderful Kathy Burke It's a long way from here to Game of Thrones!

Im going to review as when this was made and not now.

Hilarious, fun , vibrant and new.

Kathy Burke a joy.

Kevin and Perry still Legend with us 40 somethings who now have our own Kevins and Perrys.

Yes it may have aged a little but a lot of the characters are like processed tinned food in which they have a lobg life span.

Give it a go , very enjoyable