The Tuckers

Came across this by chance and so pleased I did .

Laughed from start to finish and watched all 6 off the belt

It's a gem

Plenty of laughs, a good all round comedy from the valleys of South Wales. Something to take your mind off the current pandemic and lockdown. Just watched all 6 episodes over 2 nights and looking forward to the next series. Absolutely cracking 👍

The Tuckers - Series 1

I loved this sitcom it was great.

Like Derry Girls, The Young Offenders, This Country or indeed Just Doing Nothing it was set in a distinctive region of the UK and the humour was distinctively rooted from these places. Of course a comparison with Gavin & Stacey has to be made and this had similar qualities.

I must say this is the BBC at its best and it was so refreshing not to have liberal metropolitan London centric anxieties expressed via comedy, they just trod on every sensibility. Without doubt we are in a golden age of BBC comedy and this alone is worth the licence fee.

What was good

Strong characterisations and a palpable sense of warmth and family.

Short and long themes

Brilliant comedic timing.

Inventive and farsical situations that we could all end up in.

Lovable rogues, very much a current theme.

Rooted in a specific place, can be good, can be bad, but whatever it's distinctive.

We had comedy and pathos this made really good viewing.

What could be problematic

Need a few devices to refresh the format, it is a bit grunge, eg a win on the lottery, forced to take a job, decorate the house etc!

The drama seems to place the viewer on the side of benefit fraud, even in a comedic setting this is nasty.

They need to get out an about a bit more to avoid claustrophobia.

I look forward to series 2

Great character, fantastic script from Stephen Spiers. A must watch.

Good old Welsh humour at its best. A bit like Stella's first two series before all the characters left and it stopped being funny. Hope this gets a 2nd series and the rest of the UK like it and it becomes a big hit.