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
