Time Gentlemen Please
| Time Gentlemen Please | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Written by |
Richard Herring Al Murray |
| Directed by |
Gareth Gwenlan Richard Boden |
| Starring |
Al Murray Phil Daniels Jason Freeman Rebecca Front Roy Heather Andrew Mackay Julia Sawalha Emma Pierson Janine Buckley Jeff Rudom Marc Bannerman |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 37 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30mins (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | Avalon Television |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sky One |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original release | 11 September 2000 – 1 May 2002 |
Time Gentlemen Please is a British sitcom that was primarily written by Richard Herring and Al Murray.
The show is set in a forgotten pub whose right-wing landlord, 'Guv' (short for 'The Governor'), has some very old-fashioned views on how a pub, and Britain, should be run. The Governor is an evolution of Al Murray's stage persona 'The Pub Landlord', which he had used in stand up since 1994, and frequently uses today.
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The exterior shots of the pub were filmed at The Cowshed public house (formerly the Admiral Blake), Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, demolished circa 2013. The name The Cowshed is referred to in Series 2 Episode 3, where the Guv orders a new sign to be made saying the "Cow's Head", after "Ms Jackson, Cow", but he misspells the name. But he also adds a hand-painted sign of a cow with Miss Jackson's face. The pub is always referred to as the "pub by the chemical works", and the name is never referenced in any other episode.
After the series came to a close, Al Murray has since suggested that his character Guv's real name was also Al Murray. This allows him to use the 'Pub Landlord' character for his stand-up performances. Most of Al Murray's appearances are either as the 'Pub Landlord', or as an alternative version of himself, usually a slightly more reserved version of the 'Pub Landlord' character.
In multiple episodes of the series, Guv directly repeats direct lines from Al Murray's stand up shows. In the Christmas Special, Guv repeats the 'When a child is born' routine from one of Murray's tours.
ITV later commissioned a game show called 'Fact Hunt'. The show was based on the fictional quiz show mentioned repeatedly throughout 'Time Gentlemen Please'. But instead of being hosted by the character "Cheeky" Alan Supple, it was hosted by the Pub Landlord. Each episode was based on a traditional pub quiz and featured contestants representing different pubs across South England. The first and only series was cancelled after only a few episodes due to low viewership.
ITV would later commission 'Al Murray's Happy Hour', which again was hosted by Murray in his Pub Landlord character. It was a chat show that was frequently compared to The Graham Norton Show on BBC1. While most guests appeared on the show to publicise something, they rarely got a chance to. Murray would get them to mention the thing once, and then he would mock it as a money-making endeavour, and then he would move on.
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