Life of Riley

Description: BBC1 / British Comedy Sitcom / The storyline is set around a dysfunctional family, who are recently married.

Newest Review: ... were written because there were inconsistencies between the episodes - in one episode Maddy thinks Dan is gay because he has no interest in girls yet in the first episode he had a girlfriend and Maddy found a pregnancy test which she thought could be his. The second episode revolves around the family not being able to find many of their possessiond as they are already packed - yet they were ... more

... decorating in the first episode. There were some funny parts to this series but most of it wasn't really that funny and was a cliched. The acting was good by all members of the cast but the comedy needed to be better written in order to keep the inter...more

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The Life of Riley - Not when you are watching this (587 words)
by - written on 18/03/09 (Very useful, 25 readings)
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This was supposed to be sit-com which was 'supposed' to reflect the changing face of the British family - second marriage/second family. The programme starred Caroline Quentin (Men Behaving badly, Jonathan Creek) as Maddy Riley and Neil Dudgeon (Common as Muck) as Jim Riley. Jim has two children Katie and Daniel and Maddy has a son Ted by previous marriages. They also have a small baby Rosie together. They have all just moved into a new house together and so much of the comedy revolves around the unpacking of the house. The comedy also often revolves around general misunderstandings of Maddy. Many of the situations are really silly and do get a ... Read the complete review

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