WELSH ACCENT: All right, Ness.
Stupid boy!
I'm gonna give you a damn good thrashing!
You go back to cleaning your stones outside.
Right, so, Robbo, we're gonna be sticking to the UK for this one,
which means Friends misses out, which is one of my all-time favourites,
I could put that on any time of the day.
So Friends is out because it's UK-only,
there's some classics in there but I think there's a lot of good, newer ones as well,
so do you wanna run us through the board and what we've got?
..Still Game - which is a personal favourite, James.
- The Inbetweeners... - "Friend!"
Have you paid your bills, Robbo? Cos you're all over the place at my end.
Oh, my Wi-Fi's terrible.
There's a lot here, James.
Why don't you rattle through a few that you just want to bin off straightaway?
D'you want me to do a wee game of charades first?
And guess what one I'm thinking about?
Surely we're better off narrowing them down first.
Go on then, you've gone.
What one's that, James?
Eh, Only Fools and Horses?
Well done, James, 10 points to the Milner household!
- Yeah, that's up there, nicely done. - Superb.
Looked like you smashed your head against the wall, like, but...
Last of the Summer Wine, never heard of it.
It's a classic, I think, but, yeah, I've never really watched it.
I'm Alan Partridge. Yeah, I've seen it, probably not, for me.
One Foot in the Grave?
That's an older one as well, innit?
Feels like we're being a bit ageist here, but...
We are being a bit ageist, but we can't help what we've watched, what we like.
I know, but the GOAT stands for 'Greatest Of All Time', not 'Greatest In Robbo's Lifetime'.
Unless we change the name of it.
True, cos we did get a bit of abuse for the Christmas films.
All right, so One Foot in the Grave has got to go.
Porridge, again, seen bits and bobs of it but it wasn't one I was desperate to watch.
There is some older ones there I like.
Dad's Army I thought was brilliant.
I've seen a bit of Dad's Army, I don't think I've seen a lot of it.
"Stupid boy!"
For me, James, I can talk about one I've seen - Benidorm.
First season was very good, and then they should have ended it there.
Benidorm - out.
IT Crowd? It's not really my humour, James.
Blackadder is Mr Bean, innit?
Blackadder. Again, seen bits of that, thought it was quite funny.
Yeah.
Little Britain was good at the time, I think,
it's not one you're always gonna see on,
so I'd say Little Britain out.
Right, I think the best thing to do now is start getting things on the board.
Well, I think Only Fools is on there somewhere, innit?
Closer to one than two, I'd say.
Can't beat it, can you? It's gonna be tough to beat that.
Everything about it - storyline, holding the punchline, funny...
- Got everything, hasn't it? - Couldn't agree more.
The Inbetweeners?
- Outstanding, for me. - It's amazing.
Right up there.
When he stands up in that boat with just his sock on, it's comedy gold.
"Just a minute, Lauren! Will you give me a minute?
"Yes, it's a fish!"
Inbetweeners is right up there.
Gavin & Stacey has to be up there.
MIMICKING UNCLE BRYN: And I'll tell you for why, Andrew...
"All right, Ness?"
Bryn is absolutely unbelievable.
All the characters in it are great, every single one of them brings something to it.
I'm not gonna lie, I don't really like Gwen in it.
D'you not like omelettes, is that why?
I don't know, I just don't know what she brings.
Yeah.
I just love how angry Bryn gets at her.
That could definitely be top two, for me.
I think it has to be in and around, it's very good, I've just watched it again recently.
Doing my homework for this.
D'you think Only Fools and Horses 1, Gavin & Stacey 2, Inbetweeners 3?
I think I would probbably put Inbetweeners ahead of Gavin & Stacey - just.
Oooh, controversial, James.
Just. I think Gavin & Stacey is very good,
but there's been times where I've been literally crying with laughter at Inbetweeners,
when I haven't with Gavin & Stacey.
You're gonna have to talk me through Still Game, cos I've no idea.
So it's about two old people, Jack and Victor,
and it's just Glasgow humour, basically.
For me, if I was doing my top five, it'd be in there,
but it's not in the all-time five.
The Office has to got to be the next one we get on to, cos for me The Office is incredible.
I've only seen a wee bit of The Office.
Shut up!
I knew as soon as this list popped up you would question me on The Office,
so I've been waiting for it.
The Office is great, it's very cringey.
And Ricky Gervais is, like, the most awkward man on the planet.
How was the US one, out of interest?
I've never seen it, because I never want to spoil it by watching that.
I've heard it's good, so I'm not gonna hammer it, but I've never seen it.
I just don't think you can beat the UK one, it's definitely got to be in the top five, for me.
Fawlty Towers - wow.
That's a classic.
Men Behaving Badly, I can't believe it's still on my screen, James.
I used to watch Men Behaving Badly, it was quite funny, but I won't say it's in the top five.
Royle Family?
- Royle Family's good. - Yep.
- Red Dwarf will have to go, I do like it. - Off!
Phoenix Nights... Not right up there, for me.
Out the window!
Right, Blackadder is a classic, but I don't think it needs to be on there.
- And Father Ted... - Say goodbye to Mr Bean.
Father Ted as well, I've never watched it really, like, religously.
Wahey, Jimmy Milner, he's here all week! WOO!
Is Dad's Army better than Father Ted?
I watch Dad's Army more than Father Ted.
That's not what I asked, James.
Which means I obviously prefer Dad's Army,
otherwise I'm not gonna watch something I like less, am I?
True.
Out of them five, I get rid of Father Ted, my opinion,
but I'm open to that, if you really like Father Ted.
I know there's a lot of people in the world who...
I trust you, it's like a penalty, the Kop end, 92nd minute,
Milner's got the ball in his hands... He's gonna score.
- Touch wood. - That's the trust I'm putting in you.
Not saying order, but for me I would have to say The Office and Fawlty Towers.
So then they're our five and we need an order.
Out of interest, James, where would Friends rank in this five?
Probably very, very close to Only Fools and Horses.
Thank God you said that.
The thing is with Friends, you can watch it over and over again.
BOTH: "Pivot! Pivot!"
Cheers, Frasier, Two and a Half Men is good.
♫ Men, men, men, men
♫ Me-me-men, men, men, men
HIGH-PITCHED: ♫ Men, men, men, men. ♫
Good.
See, I think we need to take Friends out, because we're opening up a can of worms.
I'm happy with the top two as they are, if I'm honest.
I'm happy with the top two.
And you really like Gavin & Stacey, don't you?
I love Gavin & Stacey, I could watch it every time it's on, but...
i would say Gavin & Stacey,
because I think there's a bit of something in there for everyone.
I really like The Office and Fawlty Towers,
however, for the reasons I've just said in terms of being comfortable
and it maybe not being everyone's cup of tea,
I'd probably put Fawlty Towers as number four and The Office as five.
So, James, I think you've done really well, especially at the back end of the game,
I think you came onto a strong finish there.
So now we need a favourite part of each one.
Only Fools and Horses we've had but is there anything else you want?
Inbetweeners dance, go on, get your armpits out.
Yeah, you've got a bit of that one...
And then it's the fingers and side to side, and then, like, the stiff leg up.
Yeah, there you go. Oh!
Yeah.
Yas, James!
Your hips... Are you opening them up there?
Get me back playing!
Fawlty Towers, his car breaks down
and he's like, "Right, that's one too many times, I've had it with you!
"I'm going to give you a damn good thrashing!"
And he goes off and gets his twig and starts slapping it,
and there's leaves going everywhere and he's smashing the car in,
just beating up his car.
It's the same every episode, he's trying to be calm and his missus absolutely kills him
and the bit comes where he just absolutely explodes
and he just loses the plot.
- You've sold me, James. - It's very, very good.
And I'm sure you've sold many round the world on that.
And The Office... Too many good bits in that, I think.
The dance move is the classic one, I think.
I think I've seen that in a GIF.
HE HUMS 'DISCO INFERNO'
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I think that's a very, very solid list.
JAMES: Coming in at five...
ROBBO: The Office!
JAMES: At four...
ROBBO: Fawlty Towers!
JAMES: Fresh at three...
ROBBO: Gavin & Stacey.
JAMES: Number two...
ROBBO: The Inbetweeners!
JAMES: And the all-time GOAT for British Sitcom goes to...
ROBBO: ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES!
HE APPLAUDS
Right, you go back to cleaning your stones outside.