Sunnyside Farm

Very difficult to find this, but can be found quite easily since 2013. I have begged the BBC to release this on DVD. No reply. This is crazy humor and today i think would suit more people as i think it was ahead of its time. Many scenes are just unique and quite special in the way they were captured. A harsh sense of humor is needed at times to appreciate the crass comments, but i think the cast went on to their own things after this and to abandon this without thought was a mistake, i was looking forward to a second series but alas, never happened, if you get a chance and enjoy heavy comedy with outrageous politically incorrect moments then this is for you

For me this was a must see alternative look at life in the country.! All the characters were larger than life,but as someone who grew up in an English village you could see people that could have fit the bill from your own youth. So it was not "pc" but that can only be a good thing looking back as we have now gone too far with that brigade.And what is wrong with having a good belly laugh,?as most times we are probably laughing at ourselves anyway,as none of us are perfect. I put "Sunnyside farm" in the same pigeonhole as "I Hope it rains" starring the late Tom Bell,this too was a minority audience comedy set at the seaside,with him running a really run down waxworks type museum.

You cant remember much? Well i can, this was a funny as hell series which usually involved Phil getting covered in sh** in one way of another. He looked great as the cockney Londoner turned farmer who looked so out of place on the series, it just looked right. Mark Addy was great as his mate and work partner on the farm. If you ain't seen it, you got to. Try and find a copy or see if this gets replayed on UK gold. If you are a Phil Daniels fan watch just what he can do with comedy in the main role. Too bad he hasn't been in any more, it was great. It was always the highlight of my Friday night. I remember this to be on BBC two around about 8.30-9.ish in the evening and was always worth the wait. To tell you the truth, this character was more like Jimmy from "Quadrophenia" giving up his life from London and moving out to the countryside to get away from the crap of busy London. Well you guys look at his character, does he look like the jimmy character he was in Quad? You decide.

But I do remember that I thought this was funny and should definitely be made available, and I normally hate that cockney guy.

This And Glam Metal Detectives needs a DVD release.

I wish I could remember more of this but unfortunately I didn't record any episodes.

I'm sure this could hold it's own against the total dross we now in the UK have instead of comedy (excluding Peep Show, TV Burp & Entertainment Now)

WAKE UP BBC! If The High Life can get a DVD release.

Why not this?

I have now tired of sending pleading emails to UK satellite channels requesting that they re-run this show, and would like to leave this comment as a parting shot. I don't suppose for one moment that I was the only person to enjoy this comedy, it's just I have yet to meet another! Phil Daniels and Mark Addy were great in this show, and I can still see Ray Sunnyside standing atop a pile of dung shouting with delight that his sheep had disease (compensation instead of actually having to look after them), the lesbianarium for the visiting female couple, not to mention the natural yoghurt! Yes it was crude, yes the language was foul, and yes the characters were disgusting, but I loved every episode. It was ahead of its time, thats for sure.....jeez I would love to see it again.....maybe just a few more begging emails......