Men Behaving Badly: Series 1 (1991)

A British sitcom about two guys that share a South London flat. Gary (Martin Clunes) somehow manages to hold down a steady job and pay the mortgage. His flatmate Dermot (Harry Enfield) is a kind of wannabe yuppie with no money and no job; he sponges off Gary as much as possible to fund his ridiculous plans.

Gary has a girlfriend, Dorothy (Caroline Quentin) that takes the piss out of him regularly; she finds it almost too easy. Despite their differences, the two guys are typical "lads" that have beer and birds in common.

When a blonde woman named Deborah (Leslie Ash) moves into the upstairs flat, Dermot makes it his business to sleep with her as soon as possible. Deb, of course, has no intention of that happening.

It mostly revolves around jokes about sex and relationships. Martin Clunes is perfectly cast as the loveable no-hoper going nowhere. Caroline Quentin is also perfect as his sarcastic girlfriend. Harry Enfield's character is less successful. His bored, selfish yuppie hopeful lacks spark. And Leslie Ash, the prim and proper straight woman, is dead weight from day one.

The first series succeeded in pairing-up and defining the Clunes and Quentin relationship, but in truth it can be easily skipped in favour of the much funnier later series.

Note: if you live in America, the UK series was renamed British Men Behaving Badly to avoid confusion with their own remake.

6 episodes, approx 25 mins each.

2 beers and a badly informed Labrador out of 5