The Rat Pack

I accidentally caught the end of the Rat Pack one day. I was hooked. The show follows the lives of Ricky and Jimmy of the Pest Control Company Environ. Ricky and Jimmy are brothers and are charming, funny and utterly disarming with Jimmy's pet Jack Russell Charlie who helps out in the Rat division of the firm. The show is facsinating insight into the troubles that people experience with various animals in their homes. Cockroaches, bed bugs, wasps, squirrels and best of all rats. More than that it lets you into the life of these great characters who call to sort out the problem, reassure the victim, and provide a hugely entertaining spectacle at the same time. ...  Read the complete review

The Rat Pack is a programme that follows a small pest control firm in London that is run by a family. The Head of the firm is Ricky Clark, who employs his younger brother Jimmy Clark, the other member of the firm; there is also another member of the firm their pet dog Charlie. Narration of the programme is provided by Hugh Dennis. The way that the show works is, the camera crew follow either both of the brothers or individually as they go on jobs. Normally the type of jobs that are featured on the show the usual London pest the rat, cockroaches, mice and the odd squirrel. What makes the programme different to other programmes of the same nature is ...  Read the complete review