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For me there is always doubt over any sitcom, or perhaps any comedy in general broadcast on ITV. Their track record just doesn't match the BBC in recent years. However, watching 'Shane' I found myself laughing almost constantly.

Admittedly 'Shane' is almost totally a vehicle for Frank Skinner to deliver more of his one liners and occasionally dirty jokes and it relies upon these a lot more than the plot, which is never strong. However, the supporting cast (none of them are any more than that) do a really good job, with special mention going to Shane's son, who seems to have grasped the art of comedy at a frighteningly young age.

'Shane' isn't really a sitcom. It is just a different form of stand up comedy for Frank Skinner. Even without the basis of a good plot it works, purely because Skinner is a very funny bloke. I don't know how someone couldn't find 'Shane' even grudgingly funny.

Don't watch this is you are at all squeamish. Or a woman. This is man's stuff.

Dirty Sanchez does go further than Jackass in terms of stunts, but that is not all. The characters in it are a lot more personable. You feel like you get to know them as the series goes on. Not that you would want to know them in real life! Pritchard and Dainton are simply psychos, trying to better each other and go further every time. Pancho is not far off them. He certainly betters them at drinking. Dan Joyce, on the other hand, keeps away from the more painful aspects - just watching and laughing - but seems to take joy in using his bodily fluids for different reasons. Is this the difference between Wales and England?

While some stunts are stomach churning (staple through ear, burning match in penis, pube-pizza) and painful (naked paintballing) some are just funny, like what they put a passed out Pancho through every night.

This is a must watch for anyone who has seen and enjoyed Jackass. I guarantee that you will prefer Dirty Sanchez.