Listening to Rab's Wrestling podcast, as I do, and hearing that the show was available on the Iplayer I decided to give it a try. What I found was a sitcom that I felt I could have enjoyed just on a surface level, but one that - because of the references to Wrestling and video games baked into it - I was the perfect audience for.
This spoof documentary is about a family, The Scotts. Henry (Iain Connell) and Vincent (Rab Florence) are brothers whose relative financial success does not equate to happiness in the same measure. They are largely estranged from their sister, Colette (Louise McCarthy) but their mothers upcoming birthday sparks an attempt a reconciliation. Attempting to survive the family are their respective partners, Laura (Sharon Young), Vonny (Shauna MacDonald) and Colette's boyfriend Darren (Lee Greig).
Aside from general references to wrestling across the run time, the biggest 'reference' for the want of a better term is the casting of Lee Grieg himself, better know as ICW's Jack Jester. Wrestlers do often make for good actors, and it's certainly not a cameo here, he's in every episode and shows himself to be a game and capable performer. As I said above, I don't think that you need to be able to get the wrestling, or gaming, references to enjoy the show. There is enough in the family banter and comedic scenarios for anyone to enjoy.
There are the odd few serious themes hidden underneath the comedy too. Vincent and Vonny's marriage is failing as assumptions made about each other. There is a consistent through thread about men not talking about their feelings that reflects on several of the characters.
Covid put a long gap between the pilot episode and the series proper but I'm hoping that the gap between these, and the proposed second season is much shorter.
