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Can't wait. Really interested to read this. Knew there was something else to it. The calm last week had a danger to it. Can't wait for episode 2 of this brilliant, original, hilarious new show. Clever comedy is where it's at. Thank you ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ for the classiest piece of TV in years.

A review I read said it was 'more sit than com' and I have to agree. The laughs did not come for me. It was like watching 2 people in a room just talking crap. In fact they reminded me of a couple I know but they are a lot more funny to listen to. Dire.

The fact that Roger and Val can remind viewers of people they know, and the conversations they have had, is precisely the point of the TV show. The conversation was perfect; so familiar and true, and so absurd at the same time. It was like getting a glimpse into the everyday life of your next door neighbour (and yourself). French and Molina were both mesmerising. I agree with Gill, this is fantastic and clever television - more like this please.

I loved the first episode of this show and have now seen the second. This time I did laugh out loud at a couple of points but the joy of it is the inteliigent writing and the great acting. Anyone who can't love Roger and Val has no heart. I want to live next door to them!

Great show but why are Roger and Val childless? Although there have been hints about a child in their life, so was it kidnapped? I feel the child being dead a little to extreme and off putting to be honest. I can only hope for a reunion between them all.

Play - yes, comedy - absolutely not. This is well produced and acted but is dull and boring - depressing even. Comedy has died in the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ, we can only rely on satire to raise a laugh these days.

Loved episode 2 which was the first one I viewed. Will now have to go back to see episode 1 if it is on iplayer.

Presume that is the baby in the photo ? We had many episodes of One Foot in the Grave before their child (and the loss of him) was mentioned so I am glad this is moving more quickly.

Brilliant stuff

i think this comedy will gradually take some time to settle in perhaps it is better suited for gentle sun night viewing

I like the way in which the relationship between Val and Roger is so subtly defined. They love each other but are trying to deal with a personality problem in Roger which neither seems to really understand or know quite how to deal with it. I don't see the show as a comedy but there is gentle humour in the way in which the characters interact with each other. I agree with FRG's comment that their conversation is "so familiar and true, and so absurd at the same time."

Do we know you? Why are you writing about our lives?
My husband and I watched this together and sadly empeathised with it-especially the "big drawer " bit. As to making a comedy or drama about "getting in" , I think that this is perfectly valid and a brilliant idea. This is a very dangerous part of each day where all the problems that have been building up with other people can come to a head having finally found someone you can share them with and or take it out on! Loved the insight into how it feels to have a series aired.
All the best for the future.

I am loving "Roger and Val". Didn't think something so simple could be so pleasurable to watch. After tonights episode (20th Aug) I do think there's gunna be some tears in the coming weeks :'(
Well done to the writers. it's brill!!

I've watched the first couple of episodes Roger & Val Have Just Got In and to be honest it looked like a bit of gentle 'Sunday night' sitcom that lacked any real direction, but was really none the worse for it.

However, last night Roger & Val shifted into focus. The first three episodes that I'd thought were just slightly pedestrian sitcom, became the first three acts of a deeply tragic play.

There's more to Roger & Val than first meets the eye.

I caught episode 2 and just had to watch ep 1 on iplayer. I love everything about this programme the acting, the writing, the interraction between the actors. There is an undercurrent of something else going on - what the final frame shows, the childs chair and then this week the photo - is really powerful, you just want to know what their story is, I feel sorry for those who dont get it, they are missing something great. More of this please. I have never commented on a tv show before, but am really moved by this. Thanks

I have watched all the episodes so far very carefully and love the use of the set. I was bowled over by the simplicity of the 'photo shot and it's impact on the growing drama behind the comedy. The first showing of said 'photo Val could be holding anything - a kitten, one of Roger's precious cuttings - anything - but it introduced the tradegy slowly and therefore with more impact. I steeled myself to watch this weeks episode as I just knew the spare bedroom held a huge significance for Val and Roger and the use of the ceiling light was inspirational and deeply moving. The shot of the two empty kagols laying side by side on the bed was very poignant. I sobbed along with Val in the last but one shot and howled with the end shot of the ceiling light. This series is very well written and very well acted.

What an amazingly clever,funny, and sensitive piece of writing,and inspired casting of Molina and French. This is by far the best thing I have seen Ms French in for quite a while. I am both looking forward to, and dreading the final episode, I fear the tissues will be needed!! More of this kind of thing please, intelligent, thought provoking writing. Well done.

Although Molina is great and gets it just right, I can't seem to get into this. His pace is fine, but French is erratic and looks too ready to go for the laughs - subdued of course, or add face miming to where the dialogue or silence should tell the tale. I agree, you don't need belly laughs or ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ3 humour to be a comedy. This just does not hit the spot as "Grandma's House" increasingly does or the wonderfully understated "Rev". I just can't get it out of my head that this has been done before. It rattles around in my head - yes pretty empty in there. I seem to remember a TV show back in the black and white days: was it American? Or was it something not billed as comedy on ITV? Someone out there will be able to put me out of my misery, I'm sure.