Him and her sitcom

Call it the ongoing drip-down effect of The Royle Family if you like — although it's more likely a knock-on effect of budget restrictions — but lately, the BBC has been crawling with low-key single-set sitcoms. Simon Amstell's Grandma's House let its surreal, borderline-fictional personality crisis him and her sitcom out in a single house.

Russell Tovey plays Steve, a laddish man with no desire to seek employment in Stefan Golaszweski 's comedy about what really goes on behind the bedroom doors of today's somethings. Surviving on benefits, Steve has no dreams and no goals He has no interest in any issues beyond eating, sleeping, drinking and having sex. Sarah Solemani plays Becky, a ladette with no desire to seek employment. Popular, true to her friends and always first to hit the dance floor when clubbing with the girls, Becky is sarcastic sometimes to the point of meanness.

Him and her sitcom

Series 1 starts with Steve and Becky doing their usual thing - staying in bed and just about to have sex. It ends pretty much the same way too, but in between there's arguments, a fancy dress party, awkward conversations with parents and a football match to watch. In the second series Becky and Steve's relations blossoms above the nitty gritty of living together, but there's trouble on the horizon. It starts with Becky moving into Steve's flat to live with him full time. They've spent three series talking about it. Now the day has come. It's Paul and Laura's wedding day and the final chapter for Steve and Becky. Each episode follows a different stage of the day. Get all the latest news and information in your inbox, with our range of email newsletters to meet all interests. Copyright: Big Talk Productions. Series 1 Series 1 starts with Steve and Becky doing their usual thing - staying in bed and just about to have sex. Series 2 In the second series Becky and Steve's relations blossoms above the nitty gritty of living together, but there's trouble on the horizon.

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The theme tune is the song " Boom Bang-a-Bang " by Lulu. The first series aired from 6 September to 11 October , and comprised six episodes. The second series aired from 1 November to 13 December , and comprised seven episodes. The third series aired from 18 November to 23 December , comprising seven episodes, including a 'special' Christmas episode. The fourth and final series aired from 21 November to 19 December and comprised five episodes. Series 4 subtitled "The Wedding" is based around Laura and Paul's wedding ceremony and reception, rather than the flat where Steve and Becky live.

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Him and her sitcom

This fourth and final series has been set in a hotel, where we've witnessed the grand spectacle of mutually enabled delusion, pettiness and empty materialism that was the nuptials of Becky's vile sister Laura. Laura was in a drunken rage last night, having discovered her new husband's affair with another man during the ceremony no one could be more richly deserving of such a fate. Between attempts to seduce Steve and anyone else that she could lure into the disabled loo,. Laura did find time to reassure Becky Sarah Solemani that she'd keep her pregnancy a secret — in inimitable style: "I've been planning this day since I was three so I don't really care what you and your ugly little lesbian embryo are doing. Between them, Howard and writer Stefan Golaszewski have created a character who is simultaneously detestable beyond all imagining and utterly recognisable. Everybody knows a Laura. It's clear where she gets it from, too. But he, too, received his comeuppance, when Shelly's sometime suitor Dan Joe Wilkinson discovered a chivalrous side and Shelly followed it up with her own right hook. The real-time story meant we could really savour each loving look, awkward touch and miffed aside and it's in these details, that actors of Solemani's and Tovey's quality really go to work. When Becky and Steve did finally find a moment to themselves, it was just as understated and intimate as we've come to expect from this sitcom.

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With Becky as chief bridesmaid and Steve as best man, from the early morning wake up call, through the ceremony and the speeches, to the drunken mess of the late night disco, we watch the wedding in real time in all its glory. Contents move to sidebar hide. You're praying for the wind to change so her face stays like that. Ricky Champ Paul. Most critics in the UK responded warmly to the first series; although there was some mild criticism directed towards the more crude and naturalistic aspects of the programme, reviewers reacted positively to the quality of writing and acting found on the show. New Customer? Last week, Steve and Becky avoided going out to a party to celebrate a young boy's remission from leukaemia because there wasn't a free bar. Read Edit View history. In respect to the writing, The Guardian labelled the series "a witty, touching show" that "has the feel of a series of short plays", [5] while in The Radio Times Claire Webb noted how as the series progressed she found it to be "more Beckett play than the [usual] zany fare you might expect from a BBC3 sitcom. The third series aired from 18 November to 23 December , comprising seven episodes, including a 'special' Christmas episode. Ian Burfield Mike. Louis Melton Kieran. Call it the ongoing drip-down effect of The Royle Family if you like — although it's more likely a knock-on effect of budget restrictions — but lately, the BBC has been crawling with low-key single-set sitcoms.

Russell Tovey, as Steve. He's like a puppy — playful and idiotic, with a lovely repertoire of facial expressions and whimpering noises. Totally irresistible and adorable.

One of the funniest and natural comedy series about i think personally, if you can't take a joke with what happens in it simply don't watch it but for those who can you will find that you will have a real giggle. Latest: 12 Feb Dickensian — the riskiest show on primetime TV? Steve is about to propose to Becky More to explore. Each episode follows a different stage of the day. The third series aired from 18 November to 23 December , comprising seven episodes, including a 'special' Christmas episode. Subscribe to our newsletters Get all the latest news and information in your inbox, with our range of email newsletters to meet all interests. Georgia Eracleous Bianca. The Scotsman. Ralph Brown Nigel. Big Talk Productions. Copyright: Big Talk Productions. Top Gap. United Kingdom. Russell Tovey Steve Marshall.