One of the funniest British comedies in a while. It has more episodes per series than the usual six so naturally it is less consistent than some comedies but most of the episodes are pure TV gold, the last episode in series 2 has to be one of the funniest pieces of television ever made.Unfortunately, it was first shown on sky one, and as far as I know sky one has never released any of it's programmes onto DVD, so the only way you're going to be able to see this is a repeat. If you do see it scheduled you really should find some time to watch it, because deep down in every Englishman's heart, behind all of that fluffy, new labour PC, we all know that the best jokes are extremely xenophobic.

I have to say the best thing about Time Gentlemen Please is Julia Sawalha as Aussie barmaid Janet Wilson and the reason why is that i was a big fan of Julia as an actress ever since she played Lynda Day in Press Gang and enjoyed all her other roles throughout her career so far but i have never ever seen such a performance played so fantastic and funny on any actress in all my life.Julia Sawalha should have won an Oscar for playing Janet and i like the way she brought the famous Aussie humour that Australians have and i'm so glad that they gave Julia as her character(Janet)the opportunity to swear and be as foul mouthed as she liked and that was rare for television.Also there was only five actresses that i know of who could play realistic characters and be really really nice as themselves and that was Julia Sawalha,Danielle McCormack Who plays Mel Barker in My Parents Are Aliens,Australian actresses Taya Straton and Rebecca Dines and it wasn't fair in what happened to Taya Straton as she was the best actress Australia ever had and Sheridan Smith from Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.I always always look forward to watching Julia Sawalha as Janet on Time Gentlemen Please every time they repeat it on the cable/satellite channels and for anybody who hated Julia's performance which i had to read about before i made a comment i couldn't care less what they said because i have seen Julia Sawalha in a lot of roles as an actress over the years and i think not only was she one of the most beautiful ladies i have ever seen in my life but she is an absolutely fantastic actress as far as i was concerned and Julia's performance on the show made Christmas on television again worth watching instead of watching reality rubbish like the X Factor,Pop Idol and various foreign rubbish that is no good whatsoever apart from English,Australian and sometimes Canadian stuff and even tonight's episode(Tuesday 5th January 2005)i wish that Time Gentlemen Please had made more episodes with Julia Sawalha because she was the best actress to play an Aussie considering she was from London,England and it was my favourite role Julia ever played and if Prisoner Cell Block H had still been made now i would have liked to have seen Julia on the show because she started reminding me of not only of how utterly brilliant most of the actresses from Prisoner was but Julia had put in her performance an Aussie sense of humour that was absolutely spot on to her character and turned in a 100 per cent performance every time and was really really funny and so was Al Murray as the landlord that bloke was priceless.I would like to request sky one in England to ask Julia,Al and the rest of the cast to make at least another series because at least it was better than Friends and Julia Sawalha was a better actress than the usual Hollywood star.A truly great performance from a truly fantastic actress.

I love English comedy, but this show is pathetic. I've tried to watch it a few times, but keep turning to something else. Also I loved Julia in Ab Fab and other shows, BUT... please, enough with the fake Aussie accent, either get it right, or don't try, it's embarrassing. Leave out the Bonza, no one really uses that phrase.

The sheer amount of racism, sexism and general bigotry in this series is unbelievable - and it's all the better for it. Other shows water down their comedy to make it "acceptable", but this one doesn't bother and is absolutely hilarious. Great performances and some great lines.