Off the Hook

Pretty much everything about this show is wrong, and it completely misses the mark. My house mates at university and I have talked about how much potential a student sitcom could have, but this fails on all fronts. The first day of university is a scary time, and everyone can empathise with the fear of being embarrassed by a parent in front of everyone, so the very first scene worked, but from there it was downhill. The real thrill of living in a flat for the first time away from home is based on the fact that you don't know anybody else, and you can be who you want to be, so sticking 2 best friends in the same flat means that the mark has been missed there. Instead of going out to parties, club nights, etc, it seems all these guys are doing is going to lectures on human rights. That's not how I celebrated freedom. All of the characters are one-dimensional, all the jokes are predictable, and I don't remember any of the characters getting particularly drunk at any point.

One thing that can be said for the show, is that you do feel empathy with the characters. When the ginger's being annoying, you feel annoyed; any time Jay from The Inbetweeners speaks, you groan just like the other characters.

Watch Undeclared instead. A much better show.

This comedy series is insanely funny and unfortunately extremely underrated.

The characters are fantastically played by it's amazing cast. It is truly hilarious and inexplicable how it never gathered the attention it deserved. Maybe one day someone popular will mention it and then it will blow up on the internet.

The story's aren't that predictable as you may think. You can obviously sense broadly it's direction in some parts but you wouldn't really guess the outcome, which is powerfully comedic.

The cast is very talented and play their characters with absolute perfection. BBC should have properly advertised it. It is timeless!

Watched it and thought new comedy so I'll give it a shot. It included James Buckley (Jay, Inbetweeners) which is another reason I gave it a shot. I thought it was a cringworthy laughter but also a feel good sitcom. I definitely would recommend this if you enjoyed American Pie or the Inbetweeners. Hopefully the show will remain the same and not go downhill from here like other BBC Three comedies do so. It is also available to watch on BBC HD channel which should be pretty awesome. I watched it with a friend of mine so it made the show a lil better by being in the m00d to laugh but overall 9/10. Very well thought out comedy and I thoroughly enjoyed every second.

I watched this back when I was only 11 or 12, my dad really enjoyed so I saw it with him. I loved it then and I still love it now. It's got a lot of things in it that would make it not so enjoyable for a lot of people, hence why it's not well known at all and didn't get a second series. It's very stereotypical of what I believe an older person would think about modern day students, and it has a lot of over the top drama between the main character and some of the girls at the university which makes it really cringeworthy. I don't think this is a bad thing though, reminds me a lot of The Office in that way.

I think all these things make the show different in a good way, the characters are all different and have funny moments, especially Fred and Shane, it would have been nice to see them together for maybe one more series because of the chemistry they have.

The storylines in the episodes are also very stereotypical and fundamentally all boil down to them trying to fit into the lifestyle at uni. Because I'm older now I enjoy it even more as I can stomach the cringe moments and second hand embarrassment.

It's a shame that this series is never talked about and there is little to no information about it online as I do believe a lot more people would like it if it was more well known. It'll be one of the forgotten shows on BBC 3 but at least the 7 episodes that do exist are really enjoyable.

Definitely give it a chance as the episodes are short and the humour is childish and witty at the same time.