Like the look of the new ITV comedy 'Vicious'

[sensesworkingovertime]

Stars Ian McKellen and Derek 'Del Boy' Jacobi, coming on next Monday, it looks pretty funny from the clips I've seen so far on website. I'm a huge DJ fan anyway (have been since the BBC repeated 'I Claudius' in 1986) so I'm looking forward to it

[PersonalClown]

I can't wait for this. I love SIM. I think he is awesome!

[iklboo]

Looking forward to this too. Saw SIM being interviewed about it & it sounds like they had a whale of a time filming it.

[insanityscratching]

I said the same to dh who disagreed and said he thought it looked rubbish Mind you he's a grumpy git at the best of times so will come on here to wax lyrical about it instead.

[LadyIsabellaWrotham]

Well up for this. Decent writing pedigree too. Who'd have thought it - we're agog with anticipation for an new ITV sitcom

[RedPencils]

Looks good, must remember to record it.

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

DH has put this on the TV reminder setting.
Yes it does look funny from the clips.
And after the Watershed so might be a bit rude

[limitedperiodonly]

SIM?

I'm, looking forward to this. Thanks for the reminder.

[limitedperiodonly]

Oh, Sir Ian McKellan.

He's good at comedy. I watched Coronation Street for him and I've seen him in panto. Brilliant.

[diddl]

I like the look of it also.

Well, from the clips, at least.

[Clawdy]

I like them both but the one-liners in the clips seemed feeble and unfunny to me,slightly off-putting.

[mrsjay]

I cant wait it looks FABULOUS be lots of 'old queen' jokes and it has SIM in it what is not to like, dh was a bit though but he is a grump and thinks only fools and horses is still hilarious ,

[Blondeshavemorefun]

its on the planner so will see whats its like

need something good for a monday now broadchurch has finished

[Picturesinthefirelight]

I think it looks good dh said the clips remind him of a few friends he has. It's exactly the sort of thing they would say.

[BedHanger]

Senses, snap. Was too young to watch the repeat in 86 but watched the video a few years later. I LOVE Derek, he is a genius.

[JuliaScurr]

can anyone imagine a female equivalent? Who would star?

[mrsjay]

sadni toksvic and erm

[limitedperiodonly]

No juliascurr I can't. I can think of women who could star in a putative comedy about lesbians but they would be actors, not necessarily gay ones.

Most people aren't at all friendly towards gay females in any walk of life, so a lesbian comedy isn't going to make it, even on BBC4.

I'll discuss the portrayal of homosexuality in popular entertainment from the personal POV of a straight woman if you like, but I need to know more about your view before I can.

[limitedperiodonly]

Sorry julia I didn't mean it to come over as arsey as it might have done.

I'm interested in the many comedy portrayals of gay men, and whether they're helpful or whether, on balance, gay women are better off out of it.

[LadyIsabellaWrotham]

Did nobody watch Sue Perkins' recent lesbian sitcom then? It was only a few weeks ago.

If you were casting a female version of Vicious then your stars would probably be Miriam Margolyes (obvs) and Francis De La Tour, who may not be gay, but is definitely fabulous.

[Pan]

no, I can't think of a lesbian equivalent, but that's neither here nor there.
We have just suffered Sue Perkins' stint as a vet, which was supposedly lesbian-based, but it really wasn't imo, and was really not funny at all. (apart from the Brummie vet who was male and hilarious.)

[Pan]

X- posts! Francis de la Tour would be excellent, if she wasn't too old? Saw her on stage years ago. Brilliant actor.

[LadyIsabellaWrotham]

Well she's a co-lead in Vicious, so no she's not too old.

[Pan]

Well that answers my question!

[BedHanger]

Anyone watching?