Tooj 17 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Thought this was worthy of a thread of its own. http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/hebburn/ Hebburn is a warm and affectionate tale of north east family life. It tells the tale of the Pearson family and their impetuous and ambitious son, Jack, who has left Tyneside for the bright lights and glamour of Manchester. He has secretly married a middle class Jewish girl, Sarah, and realises that it is about time he introduced her to his family. Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) and Gina McKee play Jason's parents, Joe and Pauline, who are devoted to their family and their hometown. Jan Ravens and Phil Nice star as Sarah's parents, Susan and Ben, who have to contend with their daughter marrying into a family from a very different background. Other characters include Jack's fun-loving sister Vicki; his Grandmother, Dot, who likes to keep everyone 'up to speed' on her bowel movements; Sarah's hippy sister, Marial; Jack's 'larger than life' friend, Big Keith; and Vicki's best friend, Denise and her boyfriend Gervaise. Writer Jason Cook also stars in the series as 'Ramsey', a friend of Jack. Really looking forward to this as I've saw him live about 5 times and every time he's been absolutely fantastic. Especially as I've only saw him locally and all of his humour has been Tyneside centric so I'm sure we'll all be able to relate to it in someway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10876 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Aye, got this series linked, looking forward and I really hope it goes well for Jason, more than for Chris Ramsey. The former is a really good comic and this could be a great springboard for him. The latter has the right face/hair/style to be popular these days, whether he's funny or not. (Ramsey is good, fwiw, but it's not as hard for him as it would be for Jason Cook.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7034 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Hebburns on my patch. Lots of mental health patients Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYD 0 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 The Roadhouse should be full tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYD 0 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 First episode was embarrassing, it's a poor man's shameless with oranges slags a Gran who will mention death in every sentence, a lovable thief, who I'd pay to punch in the face and a smoggie with a bad Geordie accent. I'd be worried if I owned a house in Hebburn as this ridiculous "comedy" will do nothing for the price of a Hebburn home. Cringe-worthy. YUK ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13894 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Not very good. Seems to have went through the BBC rewrite wringer and come out with all personality, comedy and wit removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Not a bad review from the telegraph.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9618610/Hebburn-BBC-Two-review.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33282 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Parcel of shite. (My review). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7034 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Yep. Turtle shite as my Blyth based Grandad would say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21965 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Hideous. Vic deserves better writing than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3904 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Funnily everyone I have spoken to in Scotland loves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10876 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Not as good as his stand-up. Expect it to improve over time. Worst parts of it are down to delivery, rather than writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44995 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I saw that Ramsey kid at the Hyena once. He was the highlight of an otherwise awful line up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13894 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Not as good as his stand-up. Expect it to improve over time. Worst parts of it are down to delivery, rather than writing. Disagree. Think the jokes themselves are weak as owt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3904 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 I saw that Ramsey kid at the Hyena once. He was the highlight of an otherwise awful line up. The Hyena has an awful reputation as a place to perform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Don't think it's too bad. Sat with the in-laws and watched the first two episodes last night. laughs from all corners of the room. I proper guffawed when he said to the waitress "Howay then, do the specials" and she started up Ghost Town. ...and when the gran went for a shit and said she was off to free the slaves. It was all very broad like. More My Family than The Royle family. Annoying everyone is a thick fucker apart from the lad that hates home and his southern bint. I reckon it could be a grower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Watched one episode, thought it was shite. Even if it wasn't on mackem territory I'd still think it was a poor show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajax_andy 0 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I think it's pretty good tbh... I reckon some of the humour will be lost on some people up here as it's very much using stereotyping as a means for cheap laughs against North Easterners... however not being a Geordie or Mackem I think it's pretty spot on despite being obviously going to the extreme end of the spectrum with regards the way some people around here behave and act. Can imagine people from hebburn find it quite insulting and also many others around the region thinking it's shit, but for those of us not native to the region and know people who live over Shields way then it's fuckin hilarious as quite a lot rings true (albeit over exagerated). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7034 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I'm not a big fan like. Best comedy show on TV since The Office in my opinion is this http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vlqyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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