PurpleProseOfCairo — 12 years ago(September 21, 2013 05:20 AM)

I'm not a lover of traditional sitcoms like 2.4 Children or Keeping Up Appearances but, although Big School was (as The Guardian described it) an "old fashioned sitcom", I thought it was wonderful. I can't remember the last time I laughed out loud at a British TV comedy - Alan Partridge probably.
I actually learned more from this than the execrable Educating Yorkshire, running concurrently on C4. The depiction of the kids - part streetwise, part naive and sweet - was spot on, if exagerated (it's a comedy). Walliams showed a new, funnier, side of himself and Tate, despite her reliance on THOSE mannerisms, was brilliant and, dare I say it, heartwarming. The supporting cast was excellent too, if a little thinly drawn and underused (there were only six episodes).
There HAS to be a second series. And a third. This is Please Sir for the 21st Century - and that's a fantastic thing.
Awight we're The Daamned we're a punk baand and this is called Carn't Be Appy T'day!