Hayley Mills

Lu Corfield

Melanie Walters

Taj Atwal

Larry Lamb

Jim Findley

Ifan Huw Dafydd

Caroline Sheen

Drama

Episode 4

Pitching In

BBC One

Peter McGinn

I watched this because Larry Lamb is in it, and it didn't disappoint me. Okay, it isn't Gavin and Stacy for humor, or Last Tango in Halifax for drama, but I liked it. Its humor is subtle mostly rather than attack humor aimed at characters, or profane or scatalogical humor for the permanent 12-year old males who watch tv. The show tells a simple story, about an older man who needs to decide whether to upgrade or sell a caravan park (what we call a mobile home park here in the U.S.). It reminds me of Home, another new series I enjoyed recently.

It is a family comedy dramas, apparently run during the dinner hour and then moved to air mid-afternoons, so you know the kids can watch it. It takes place in Wales, which is a nice change, though it has a British feel. Being from across the pond, I can’t speak to how authentic it might be. One little point of interest: Hayley Mills, the actress made famous by Disney films decades ago, has a role in the series.

I noticed the show has a very culturally diverse cast of in British born actors and actresses with foreign sounding names, Probably accurate for any working class community these days, community, so I was disappointed to see a few very negative reviews on a different website citing this diversity as a reason not to watch it. I am glad they didn’t convince me. It is no masterpiece, but it was a nice change of pace from more typical fare.

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