Mjeteconer Just perfect...

FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

rmills411 My favourite comedy show on radio and until now, TV, was back for a third series on TV last night. After the first two series were probably even better than the radio version (I know many will disagree with that), I was greatly looking forward to it, but it somehow managed to miss the mark, - hard to say why, perhaps the gratingly unfunny Irish (I think) woman photographer contributed, or the need to go PC with a married lesbian couple helped, but it was the dialogue that just didn't seem as slick as in the earlier episodes, - I assumed while watching that perhaps Graham Linehan was not part of this series' writing team, but I was wrong (maybe it's the other way around, and Linehan has contributed too much in this episode, at the expense Steve Delaney's usual input?) . Anyway, far too early really to write it off, - let's hope it will improve. My 9 out of 10 rating is taking the first 2 series into account (may have been a 10 without the latest one).

newsth Good, in that it is funny in parts and very funny in parts. But absolutely not funny in other parts.Imagine a scale where there is Count Arthur Strong (CAS) at one end and Michael at the other. As we move from CAS on his own, through CAS with non-regular cast members to CAS with regular cast members to CAS with Michael to Michael with other cast members and finally to Michael on his own, we move from riotously, outrageously funny through mildly amusing to downright cringeworthy. The radio programmes are much, much, much, much, much, much (and I make no apologies for using the word "much" much there), much, much, much better.

dan-845 I've come to this late, and not heard of the radio series.For the first minute I thought this looks dated and this Count Arthur Strong actor is overacting a bit. Then I realised I was watching hilarious comedy gold. I've just watched the 4th episode. Maybe they've gone a bit heavy-handed on the tragedy - I think it works but I think it just lingers a bit too long, like on Eggy's face during his sorry tale, and in the taxi ride back from the hospital.Perhaps this is a slight editing problem, where just a 5 or 10 second cut would have got the balance right. The problem is that the tragedy is very real and sad, which is an achievement in itself that we care so much about the characters so quickly, but it's just a bit too real and sad, for 10 seconds too long :)I think people must be drawing parallels between The Count and John Shuttleworth, another hilarious older-than-the-actor Yorkshire buffoon in his own internally logical world.This is the loudest and longest I've laughed watching anything since Curb Your Enthusiasm, it's a work of absolute genius in both Steve Delaney's masterful performance and the Father Ted-like farcical comedy plotting. As soon as I've seen the last 2 episodes I'll be straight onto the radio shows :)

mike-499-205871 Count Arthur Strong is one of the best sitcoms to show on British TV in donkey's years. Goodness knows what the first reviewer of this superbly written and laugh out loud programme was watching, but comparing it to Miranda is like comparing the Likely Lads to Cheers. Count Arthur Strong is an ageing 'jack of all trades' entertainer, with a slightly deluded view of his place in the world (think Arthur Lowe in Potter). His crackpot ideas and the fact that he is so out of touch with modern times and technology make for some great comedy. Graham Linehan (Father Ted) has always had a rather surreal way of writing and developing a storyline, with many back references and 'out of the blue' lines. That might make the characters a little harder to get to know, but the effort is well worth while. With this, and the return of Citizen Khan, the BBC is back on the right track..