Programme:	Time Gentlemen Please
Broadcast:	2000 - 2002   (Sky One)
Episodes:	37 (2 series)
Starring:	Al Murray, Jason Freeman, Julia Sawalha (series 1), Emma Pierson (series 2), Phil Daniels, Roy Heather, Andrew Mackay, Rebecca Front, Mark Bannerman
Written by:	Richard Herring, Al Murray
Directed by:	Richard Boden, Gareth Gwenlan
Production:	Avalon Television
Synopsis:	Patriotic landlord 'Guv', runs a pub so successful it has no name. Simply known as The Pub By The Gasworks (or The Pub With No Name), the Guv has big plans for his gaff - he longs for the day when he can get his car park, beer garden and carvery - but fails in his ambitions at every turn, his fragile ego trampled on constantly by the cocky Queen of Hearts Guv'nor, Greg Thompson. Guv's pub is inhabited by the most pathetic alcoholics ("we prefer the term, Publican's Friend") you could ever wish to meet, including the Prof. ("it's more of a nicky-name"), 'Grandad', and the ever-desperate Terry ("a mouth's a mouth"). The staff are equally as incompetent, from the rather simple Steve, to Australian Janet (series 1 - "Aussies; they're bred for bar work, it's instinct! Iiiiiinstinct!") and Connie (series 2).
BSG Review:	An refreshingly original and innovative sitcom, "Time Gentlemen Please" is without a doubt one of the most politically incorrect comedy of recent years. It's not top of the comedy crop and has suffered some what by being buried away on Sky TV however there is still laughs to be had. The programme also suffered due to the extensive run: the weaknesses in some characters showed during series two; these would have more than likely been ironed out between series if the show had taken the more standard length British sitcom format of 6 episodes per series.
Notes:	"Time Gentlemen Please" is one of the only British sitcoms in our list to have been broadcast on cable channel Sky One first, as a result it has not transferred to a BBC, ITV or C4. Sky hoped to sell "Time Gentlemen Please" to America, and so series 1 stretched from the British sitcom normal of around 6 episodes to the US series standard of 22 half-hour episodes, with one Christmas special in 2001, and another 14 shows in series two.