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Meet the MEN BEHAVING BADLY, one of the most successful UK comedies of the 1990s! Gary still lives with Tony, Tony is still in lust with Deborah and Gary is still going steady with Dorothy. This audiobook contains four episodes from series 3: LOVERS- Deborah splits up with her boyfriend, and Tony thinks he is in with a chance; BED - Dorothy can't sleep because of indigestion, probably caused by Gary's cooking; CASUALTIES - Deborah is depressed, and Gary and Tony try everything to cheer her up and CLEANING LADY - The flat is disgusting, so it is time for a Cleaning Lady, but she is not as old and ugly as Gary claims ...
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Review:
One of the most successful comedy series of the 1990s, Men Behaving Badly could easily have been a mere footnote in sitcom history. It failed to attract a sizeable audience in its original incarnation on ITV, and despite the replacement of a miscast Harry Enfield with Neil Morrissey in the second series, it still did not develop a loyal following. Success only came when the programme moved to the BBC and--crucially--a later time-slot, allowing writer Simon Nye a much freer rein in depicting the less savoury aspects of his characters.
Synopsis:
This audio cassette takes four episodes from the third series (the first for the BBC), and consists of the soundtracks to the original shows. "Lovers" finds Tony (Neil Morrissey) pursuing the ever-elusive Deborah (Leslie Ash) while his flatmate Gary (Martin Clunes) worries about his lack of sexual experience; "Bed" takes place on a stormy night, with Gary proving his love for Dorothy (Caroline Quentin) by going out to buy her a remedy for indigestion; in "Casualties" Gary and Tony try to convince Deborah not to leave the country; and the "Cleaning Lady" of the final episode is unwelcome until she turns out to be an attractive young woman, leading to competition between Gary and Tony.
Listening to these recordings, it quickly becomes clear just how well-scripted the series was--even without any visual element, there are very few jokes that fall flat. While many TV comedy series would falter without the fall-back of physical humour, here the restrictions of the format serve only to showcase the sharply observed characters, and the uncannily accurate observation of both male and female existence. Although the antics of the two flatmates are clearly at the centre of the series, the success of Men Behaving Badly is at least partly due to the way in which it constantly undermines its own "laddish" perspective. While Gary and Tony are often very funny, the joke is more often than not at their expense--yet the humour remains good-natured enough for us to laugh without worrying too much about the target of our laughter. --John Oates
This audiobook contains four episodes from series 3 of the television comedy: "Lovers" - Deborah has no boyfriend, Tony thinks he has a chance; "Bed" - Dorothy can't sleep with indigestion caused by Gary's cooking; and "Cleaning Lady" - the new help is not as ugly as Gary claims.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0141801468
- ISBN 13 9780141801469
- BindingAudio Cassette
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