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9/10
Exceptional
hotmailmob24 September 2018
The BBC have just shown this in the UK, and I'm so glad they did. It is right up there with The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Detectorists, Peep Show and This Country.

The writing is exceptional, but it works so well because of the actors. Their timing, delivery and expressions are perfect. These people are real. You care about them, and that's what makes great comedy work. Can we have some more series, please?
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9/10
Brilliant gem of a comedy
webjunk-6263523 October 2018
Well written, excellent performances in this Aussie gem. Some episodes are downright hilarious.
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8/10
Who needs Activity?!
dfitzwiliam8 November 2018
Stumbled across this on bbc iPlayer......Has to be one of the funniest tv shows I've seen in a long time. Script is great, characters are superb and humoursly acted. Stokes mannerisms are genius. Why it hasn't had any publicity I have no idea, it is up there, just wish there was more. At times I was in stitches!
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10/10
12 Is Not Enough
mdc227519 September 2018
I absoultly love this show. Really personal and creative humor. Offensive and brilliant like Peep Show, Veep, or Curb Your Enthusiasm.

The fact that it is not way more popular is tragic, because there should be more shows like this, and more than 12 episodes.
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9/10
Hoping for series three
a_mobbs27 July 2019
Two blokes sitting in a car. 13 episodes.. just plain fantastic! It comedy at it's finest
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8/10
no activity, but lots of laughs
HigHurtenflurst26 May 2018
The writing on this show is very good indeed. Nice to view a funny show which does not rely on laugh tracks. The action may be minimal, but the interaction and dialogue between the characters is very enjoyable.

Alas, the US seems to see the need to make their own version. Why not just enjoy the original?
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10/10
Has Echoes of True Life
colleypop30 April 2021
Very funny. Lots of jokes and comments in the show that shows the writers have either done the job, or sought advice and stories from those that have.
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7/10
Funny, talky
cherold8 June 2019
I came to this after watching the pilot of the American remake, which was pretty bad. But I still liked the premise of people on the dull periphery of an exciting event, so I checked out the original.

Unlike the American version, this one is quite funny. There's a scene of a woman talking about her son and porn that is utterly hilarious.

At the same time, this series is basically two-person, conversation-driven sketch comedy. Two people sit in a car and do shtick. Two people sit in a room and do shtick. Etc. It's good for that, and the first episode has a startling plot turn right at the end, but I just wanted something beyond people sitting and riffing.

I can absolutely see why some people would love this, and certainly recommend checking it out. But with all the good sitcoms out in the world I won't continue with this one.
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8/10
funniest show in awhile
iamjamalwhite15 June 2021
Found this by accident. W ow, so funny. Check it out! I laughed all day.
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3/10
Flock of seagulls
frukuk13 November 2018
I ran, after watching the first 2 episodes.

With the exception of April (played by Harriet Dyer), I found the characters irritating rather than amusing. Rather than take the Brooklyn Nine-Nine route (incompetence within a relatively realistic milieu), they've chosen the route of supremely farcical incompetence and have failed to make this funny.

Look at what happened at the end of episode 1 (no spoilers here) and how this is effectively forgotten by the beginning of episode 2. How does that make any sort of sense, unless this is a farce? In which case, it needs to be a good farce. This is just a bad farce about a bad force. Watch Brooklyn Nine-Nine instead.
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