The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff S01E01 HDTV XviD-FTP

the bleak old shop of stuff is a four-part bbc comedy series, premiering on bbc two on 19 december 2011. it is a
parody of the works of charles dickens, drawing its title from bleak house and the old curiosity shop. it is a television
adaptation of bleak expectations, a radio parody of dickens which ran from 2007 to 2011 and with which it shares the writer
mark evans, producer gareth edwards and actor richard johnson. it stars robert webb, david mitchell, stephen fry, joshua
mcguire, katherine parkinson and susy kane.

i thought this was just a one episode special.

this was just plain bad, with awful acting in my opinion and i will not be watching the rest of the series.

brilliant! loved every moment! only the bbc can make a parody like this.

you sure you understand the humour?

this was truly awful

it wasn't that bad. i smiled broadly a few times, and had fun watching the actors i know from other
comedies in their roles. however, somehow it just felt so slooooooowww, making parts of it a bit tedious.
still, worth a watch instead of all the christmas dreck or comedy xmas specials from weeks ago.

started strong and with a good nod towards the teachers style of background jokes, as it went on it
turned from sight and literary gags to dickens novels charachter parodies and slowed down a lot in the
laughter department.

best joke of the program though the urchins trying to stop the 'three' big ben clocks ringing.

first urchin jumps into the cogs of big ben and crushed yells 'oww the cogs'
second urchin jumps into the cogs of massive maurice and yells 'oww the cogs'
third urchin runs up and stamps on tiny terry to crush it but being barefoot gets a minature cog stuck
in
his foot.... 'oww the cogs'


edit:
listings do say four parts, one hour first part followed by three 30 minute episodes.

this release is the christmas special

note: the scene made an error and used the lable "s01e01" twice.
there are four unique episodes in this series: a christmas special,
followed by three regualr episodes two months later (see release dates).

1x01 -- dec 19, 2012 -- christmas special

1x01 -- feb 20, 2012
1x02 -- feb 27, 2012
1x03 -- mar 05, 2012

show information page:
http://eztv.it/shows/563/the-bleak-old-shop-of-stuff/
air dates, show description, links to tv show resources, etc.