We Have Been Watching

We Have Been Watching
Directed by	Claire Edwards
Narrated by	Alison Steadman
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Matt Crook Simon Lupton
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	Gold
Release	30 November 2016 (2016-11-30) – 1 February 2017 (2017-02-01)

We Have Been Watching is an entertainment programme commissioned by Gold first broadcast on 4 January 2017, although a Christmas Special pilot was aired on 30 November 2016.^[1][2] The show is much in the style of Gogglebox but with comedians and comedy actors offering their insights on the nation's best loved comedy scenes.

Comedians featured

• John Challis & Sue Holderness (Only Fools and Horses)
• Sally Phillips & Sarah Hadland (Miranda)
• Ricky Tomlinson & Ralf Little (The Royle Family)
• Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani (Him & Her)
• Johnny Vegas (Benidorm) & Jo Joyner
• Mathew Baynton & Jim Howick (Horrible Histories)
• Craig Charles & Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf)
• Richard Herring & David Baddiel
• Nigel Planer & Adil Ray (Citizen Khan)
• Maxine Peake & Diane Morgan (Funny Cow)
• James Acaster & Nish Kumar
• Josie Lawrence & Meera Syal
• Larry Lamb & Zoe Lyons

Episodes

Episode	Original air date	Comedies discussed
Christmas Special	30 November 2016	The Morecambe & Wise Show, Father Ted, Mr. Bean, Are You Being Served?, The Fast Show, Only Fools and Horses, Miranda, 'Allo 'Allo! and The Royle Family
1	4 January 2017	Harry Enfield and Chums, Steptoe and Son, The Kenny Everett Television Show, The Trip, The Office, The Job Lot, Victoria Wood as Seen on TV, and Fawlty Towers
2	11 January 2017	Absolutely Fabulous, Hancock's Half Hour, Red Dwarf, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, The Royle Family, Larry Grayson, The IT Crowd, Open All Hours, and Still Open All Hours
3	18 January 2017	Blackadder II, Outnumbered, Only Fools and Horses, Rising Damp, Mind Your Language, The Two Ronnies, Benidorm, and Extras
4	25 January 2017	Porridge, Black Books, At Last the 1948 Show, The Young Ones, Gavin & Stacey, Smack the Pony, One Foot in the Grave, and French and Saunders
5	1 February 2017	Goodness Gracious Me, George and Mildred, Spaced, Till Death Us Do Part, The Day Today, On the Buses, Blackadder Goes Forth, The Good Life, and Bottom

References

1. "We Have Been Watching Christmas Special - British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
2. "We Have Been Watching production data - British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

External links

• We Have Been Watching at IMDb
• Radio Times, We Have Been Watching
• We Have Been Watching at British Comedy Guide