The Cockfields

I've just started watching this and I love it. It's a gentle, very well observed comedy. Bobby Ball is a revelation and I think the strongest member of the cast. His face when confronted with the tarty middle aged entertainer he fancies, whilst on a care home visit, is comedy gold. What a great actor he's turned out to be.

I live on the Isle of Wight and it's nice to see it being portrayed geographically correct for once!

Everything from the washing machine on at 0630 to the white bread and plastic cheese is my 70 odd year old in-laws when we would visit their holiday home abroad.

I was absolutely howling at the awkward moments because they are so true!

This will be marmite, unless you recognise the same dynamics in your own family, you may not find it funny.

This is the first time I've written an IMDb review. Just had to!

Having recently discovered the Chattabix podcast with the writers David Earl and Joe Wilkinson, I found out about The Cockfields. It's a gentle meander about a family and their interactions with each other, and other people. Funny, annoying, tender and odd moments occur, just like with my family (and probably yours). Hope there's a 3rd series.

Let's face it we live in a time where humour is dead and everything upsets someone. Well not in this case, this series is the warmest, funniest least upsetting of any comedy series of the last 10 years or so. The acting and the writing is impeccable. The first series was magical and the second series is on a par and I just want more. What a coup for UK Gold. I don't want to single anybody out because they are all great, but, I have to make a special mention for Joe Wilkinson, what a talented guy. If you want to feel good about life then watch this fantastic series.

Articulates the nuances of family life in a subtle and good-natured way.