Life in the provinces

Here at Monkey Central, we love the British sitcoms that take place in small country towns. We're huge fans of The Vicar of Dibley and we've seen all the various episodes of it many many times. We also love The Thin Blue Line with Rowan Atkinson, one episode of which my original adopted actor Archie Panjabi guest stars in. Our latest small town Brit-com that we've take a shine to is Clatterford, and yes, I know it goes by a different name in the UK but since I don't live over there I call it by the name they gave it when it hit our shores.

We loved it when they aired the first series on BBC America and we bought the DVD when it came out. The second series never aired on BBC America, so I thought they weren't going to release it over here. But Sparky noticed it was out and she said something about it to me so I was planning on buying it and giving it to her for Christmas. But knowing how much she loves Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, and the first series of this show, I decided to buy it and give it to her immediately. And after watching the first two episodes tonight, I'm glad I did. It's as sly and funny as the first one was. It's full of inside jokes, funny performances, and best of all, it's chocked full of great British comediennes. In addition to the ones I mentioned earlier, it features some of my favorites, including Sally Phillips, Suzy Aitchison, and Pauline McLynn.

This great comedy is just the type of show that would never ever be put on the air here in the USA because most all of the leads in it are women over the age of forty. Yay BBC! Yay small town Brit-coms!