And the reviews start rolling in.....
The Media Guardian (which is the fascinating media section of (duh) The Guardian) has a reviewer who is, shall we say, not enamored with "Fear, Stress & Anger."
And I quote: "A middle-aged, suburban bloke, played by Peter Davison, loses his advertising job (hasn't he done this role before?) and has to get used to life at home. There's a moody wife (played by the brilliant Pippa Haywood, who's wasted in this piffle), a couple of troublesome daughters (one of whom is played by Georgia Moffett, Davison's daughter in real life), a comedy granny and a comedy dog. The granny is old and confused, the dog gets painted green, Davison gets an erection (not as a result of the green dog), the car costs a fortune to fix, there's a plumbing problem upstairs, the dinner party is a nightmare, it can't get any worse. But it can! Because the plumbers don't know what they're doing, and bang, right on cue, the loo crashes through the ceiling. Boom boom. Don't you love a plumbing joke? This might have been funny . . . in 1973."
You probably have to register to read the entire piece, but it is worth it if you follow the media, or the business of media. Their daily newsletter also includes a rundown of all the media pieces in the major London papers and the UK business publications.
And I quote: "A middle-aged, suburban bloke, played by Peter Davison, loses his advertising job (hasn't he done this role before?) and has to get used to life at home. There's a moody wife (played by the brilliant Pippa Haywood, who's wasted in this piffle), a couple of troublesome daughters (one of whom is played by Georgia Moffett, Davison's daughter in real life), a comedy granny and a comedy dog. The granny is old and confused, the dog gets painted green, Davison gets an erection (not as a result of the green dog), the car costs a fortune to fix, there's a plumbing problem upstairs, the dinner party is a nightmare, it can't get any worse. But it can! Because the plumbers don't know what they're doing, and bang, right on cue, the loo crashes through the ceiling. Boom boom. Don't you love a plumbing joke? This might have been funny . . . in 1973."
You probably have to register to read the entire piece, but it is worth it if you follow the media, or the business of media. Their daily newsletter also includes a rundown of all the media pieces in the major London papers and the UK business publications.