Keywords:
- British eccentricity
- Mockumentary
- Ground breaking
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| Chris Langham - | Roy Mallard |
| Season | 1 2 |
| Transmitted: | September 1999 - June 2001 | Seasons: | 2 |
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Last Updated: | 16th July 2010 |
| It feels a little strange writing about this
series, given what has been happening in the
shady world of Chris Langham these past couple of years. I agonised about whether to ditch this show from the site, but heh, I have Nazi sympathising black metal in the metal section on the basis that I am judging the music, not the politics, so figured I should stick with this for the same reason. OK. Each episode is a fly on the wall documentary about a seemingly mind crushingly mundane job. Estate Agents, Teachers, Mothers, Vicars, basically, the whole spectrum of society. Chris Langham plays Roy Mallard, a documentary maker following their day to day lives. He tries not to get involved, really he does, but somehow winds up annoying everyone, commenting on their decisions, and generally making a bit of an arse of himself. Subtle, sarcastic, way ahead of its time, and without a laugh track, this is cerebral comedy that went on to inspire the monumentally popular 'The Office.' Wonderful. NOTE - There seems to be some discrepancy about the order the episodes were transmitted. This listing is based on the Wikipedia entry. |
| Season 1 | Season Rating: | |
| The Managing Director | Roy Mallard turns his journalistic pratishness in the direction of the MD of a computer component manufacturing company. | |
| The Estate Agent | Selling houses isn't easy. Making a documentary about people who sell houses isn't easy either. There are many distractions for a roving reporter, especially when one of the sales team happens to look like this. |
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| The Policeman |
Apparently, the police force is manned by gym attending tits. |
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| The Solicitor | People keep spilling their fluids over Roy at the solicitors. | |
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| The Photographer | Roy follows a lecherous cameraman. | |
| The Headmaster | It's time to interview a new teacher. Mallard oversees. |
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| Season 2 | Season Rating: | |
| The Vicar | Yet to see | Yet to see |
| The Mother | Yet to see | Yet to see |
| The Journalist | Yet to see | Yet to see |
| The Actor | Yet to see | Yet to see |
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| The Bank Manager | Yet to see | Yet to see |
| The Airline Pilot | Yet to see | Yet to see |
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