UKTV's Gold Summer Nights Of Comedy season continues throughout July with a brand-new line up of the best comedies on the box beginning Monday 19th, from 9pm! Spearheaded by The Office and followed by great episodes of Only Fools and Horses, The Royle Family, Men Behaving Badly and Ab Fab.
Only Fools And Horses, 9pm - Take a trip back in time to 1981, when mobile phones were the size of bricks, wine bars were the place to hang out and a cockney wideboy by the name of Del Trotter made his debut attempting to flog one-legged turkeys from the back of his Reliant Robin.
Del's confident he's on to a winner at last with Trigger's consignment of Olde English vinyl briefcases. How can his brother Rodney even think of abandoning the high-flying world of trading for a real job? Doesn't the plonker know that Only Fools And Horses work?
The Royle Family, 9.40pm - With their bums superglued to the sofa and their eyes to the box, the nation's other first family take up residence on our screens this week, beginning with the series that first introduced an unsuspecting public to Manchester's finest. Comfortably ensconced in their sitting room, Jim and Barbara Royle, daughter Denise and long-suffering son Antony address some of life's big issues, namely whose turn it is to go to the offie, the joys of Wagon Wheels and the merits of Family Fortunes (Jim on Les Dennis: "If you put his brains in a bloody hazelnut, they'd still rattle"). Meanwhile, as Denise and her fiancé Dave prepare to tie the knot, there's plenty of tension afoot in the Royle household.
Men Behaving Badly, 10.20pm - Boys will be boys. But so too, unfortunately, will the adult version. Yes, those Men Behaving Badly are back, leaving a trail of lager cans, pizza boxes and unmentionable residues in their wake. This week, Gary's worried he hasn't shagged enough birds, Debs is so depressed that even Tony's cheese impressions can't raise a smile, and Tony himself is forced to reconsider his professional options when he loses his job in the pub ("I could
be an escort." "What, a car?" asks Gary).
Absolutely Fabulous - series 5, 11pm - Sweetie, would you believe it, but those darling people at UKTV Gold are airing the very latest outing of the divine Ab Fab. Edina is now a CPR (Celebrity PR), not-so-ably assisted by PA Bubble (or CRPA), with a wealth of high-profile clients - among them an ex-Spice Girl. Patsy, meanwhile, has ditched the world of glossy magazines for the even glossier world of celeb stylists and has somehow bagged herself a top Hollywood starlet to work with. After months away travelling, Saffy returns with some earth-shattering news. But how will Eddy feel about becoming a grandmother? And does Lacroix do a kids' range? |