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Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive - Series 1 [2006]
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Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5037115242631
Format: PAL
Label: ITV DVD
Manufacturer: ITV DVD
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: ITV DVD
Region Code: 2
Release Date: May 21, 2007
Running Time: 168 minutes
Studio: ITV DVD
Theatrical Release Date: July 11, 2006
Sales Rank: 8976

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- It's a bit of fun
This is undoubtedly the best thing to ever come out of BBC 3. It solidifies Rob Brydon's reputation not only as a sharp standup, improvisor, impressionist and actor, but also as a great writer. After Peep Show, this is my favourite comedy on TV. It's witty, deadpan, and hits the nail on the head every time. You won't regret buying this.

Rating:

- A broadside against a celebrity-obsessed media
This is wonderful stuff: toe-curling in the embarrassing situations it creates and wildly amusing as its targets get skewered. Postmodern is the word, I think. I honestly believe Trisha didn't know what was going on and this made it all the funnier.

In a nutshell, the celebrities (from B-to-Z list) think they are going on an unchallenging and unfunny panel game show only to be sent up relentlessly both to their faces and behind their backs. Lest Rob Brydon is accused of being unfair, it must be said that he sends himself up more savagely than he does anyone else, emerging almost as a Mr Hyde host, a nightmare of a smug, embittered, secretly insecure presenter. A bit like Noel Edmonds but obviously written with a sense of self-awareness. ... Read More:

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- A masterpiece of parody and hyperreality
The Annually Retentive of the title refers to a quiz panel show that we are led to believe is presented by comedy actor/writer Rob Brydon and on which several celebrities and comedians appear, just like Have I Got News For You and Never Mind The Buzzcocks (with some blatant references and spoof segments of such shows). The programme is a mix of scenes from the show (within a show) and "behind the scenes" sections of Brydon getting increasingly nervous and paranoid, and of the conversations and events surrounding the guests on the show before they go on.

The best way to describe what's going on in Annually Retentive is to compare it to Curb Your Enthusiasm, in which Larry David plays an over the top version of himself with lots of improvisation ... Read More:

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