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Gogglebox

176 replies

Idontownanairfryer · 19/04/2024 21:12

Do you watch it?

Who do you like?

Who don’t you like?

Etc

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Saladcreamdreams · 19/04/2024 21:47

I absolutely love it

Can't stand Jenny and Lee- I think they play up to the cameras.

I adore Pete and Sophie. Pete is hilarious.
Giles and Mary- hilarious too

AdultReindeer · 19/04/2024 21:48

XenoBitch · 19/04/2024 21:43

I only watch it when DP comes round, and I could not name any of the people on it... but it does open you up to new things to watch.

Yeah I really like it for that. I've ended up watching some stuff I wouldn't normally have given a chance because they're intrigued me.

NigelHarmansNewWife · 19/04/2024 21:49

How you can say asking people to say who they don't like wasn't meant in a negative way?

Anyway - one of the best shows on telly.

LoopyLooooo · 19/04/2024 21:49

I'd like to know if Pete ever says anything that Sophie doesn't laugh at 😂

determinedtomakethiswork · 19/04/2024 21:50

Jellykat · 19/04/2024 21:22

I watch it, love Giles and Mary.. she acts like she cant stand him Grin

I resident interview with her where she said he does drive her mad but all of her friends have husbands who drive them mad and it's either staying married or being on your own.

Clingfilm · 19/04/2024 21:50

I like them all, love Giles the most and Ellie and Izzie talking about their aunties and buffets.
I feel Pete and Sophie get way too much airtime compared to the others though they are amusing. I like that I get to see the week's TV highlights without actually watching anything 😄

ToxicChristmas · 19/04/2024 21:51

Presume Elaine and Seb have been permanently replaced -Seb is standing as a Conservative candidate so I think that means he can't feature. I remember the Andy Michael couldn't when he was involved with UKIP.

AlwaysGinPlease · 19/04/2024 21:53

inthekyoo · 19/04/2024 21:15

I watch it but disagree strongly with writing on an open forum who you don’t like. They are ordinary people, don’t be an arse.

Agreed

I love it, always have. There's nobody I don't like other than one woman and that's only because a relative knows her and she's awful.

5foot5 · 19/04/2024 21:53

I am quite late to this show, having only started watching it in the last year or so.

I think Jenny and Lee are just hilarious.

I also like Amira and Amani, especially the one on the left. She has such a dry sense of humour she really cracks me up.

Also like Sophie and Pete and the Sadiqis.

I find Giles and Mary a bit irritating and they seem very staged to me.

LizLooney · 19/04/2024 21:56

Pete and Sophie are great I agree. Mary I like, Giles is so annoying, I don't know how she puts up with him. Get out there and do a day's work, man!

A lot of the newer families just never hit the spot for me. But I agree with the PP who said the Scottish couple se well suited.

TotalDramarama24 · 19/04/2024 22:00

I really like Sophie and Pete, the Siddiquis, Jenny and Lee, Dave and Shirley

Quite like Simon and Jane, Roisin and Jos, Amira and Amara, Sue and Steve

Can't stand the Malones, Ellie and Izzy, the Worthingtons, Giles and Mary, Abbie and Georgia

Idontownanairfryer · 19/04/2024 22:03

Which ones are the Worthingtons?

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determinedtomakethiswork · 19/04/2024 22:04

I like them all but my least favourite are the mother and son. She drives me nuts and I think she drives him nuts as well. Every time I see them I think he needs to leave home.

My favourites are Ellie and Izzy, the Siddiquis, the Geordie girls who are as daft as a brush but very well meaning and funny, and the older brother and sister.

I really love the show and find it very very moving at times.

determinedtomakethiswork · 19/04/2024 22:04

Sorry, I meant to say that I saw an interview with Mary…

DirtyCheeseBurger · 19/04/2024 22:08

Love Sophie and Pete, the Siddiqis and Jemmy and Lee and the Nuttys are brilliant..
The Malone's shouting instead of speaking grinds my gears.

Zingy123 · 19/04/2024 22:25

Love Jenny and Lee, The Siddiquis, Dave and Shirley, Ellie and Izzy, Giles and Mary.

I cannot stand Pete and Sophie they are so fake and are nasty to people.

Idontownanairfryer · 19/04/2024 22:26

Pete & Sophie are so funny! I don’t find them fake or nasty to people?

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Remoteaccess · 19/04/2024 22:31

I love all of them, been watching for many years, highlight of my week 💕

MoonWoman69 · 19/04/2024 22:34

I love them all, but also not keen on the mother and son at all. I usually take to new ones after a few shows, I just can't with those two at all. The other new couple, the ladies, seem lovely, I took to them straight away! Amira makes me howl laughing and I didn't take to her initially!
But I do agree, there are a few of them that come across as staged!
We do often wonder what Ellie and Izzys relatives think of all the comments they make about them!!! (I'm from Leeds and no, we don't speak like that, or like the other two women from Leeds!!!) 🤣

TotalDramarama24 · 19/04/2024 22:35

Idontownanairfryer · 19/04/2024 22:03

Which ones are the Worthingtons?

It's a couple in their sixties and the lady has grey hair and glasses and is always knitting, and the daughter sits on an armchair on the right

Aramiss · 19/04/2024 22:37

I like that Welsh couple.

Jenny and Lee are my favourite though. Then again, I live close to Hull.
Ellie and Izzie stretch the accent a bit. I mean they definitely have a Leeds accent, but it's a bit exaggerated.

BettyShagter · 19/04/2024 22:42

TotalDramarama24 · 19/04/2024 22:35

It's a couple in their sixties and the lady has grey hair and glasses and is always knitting, and the daughter sits on an armchair on the right

We call them the crochet family! 🤣

iamnatalia83 · 19/04/2024 22:46

Jenny and Lee are my faves! Just hilarious without trying! X

Bignanna · 19/04/2024 22:52

It’s all staged, and all the couples play to the cameras in varying degrees. I do enjoy it, though. I like the Siddiquis and Simon and his sister- they’re so witty. I also like the banter between Giles and May- many will sympathise with her re her irritating husband who winds her up.

Whatafustercluck · 19/04/2024 22:54

My new favourite is the little grey Staffie puppy. Absolutely gorgeous, those eyes!!😍