I was just thinking about this programme the other day and wished that there was a HGWIR. I havenāt seen it for years but i remember all of the characters (with the exceptions of Eggā¦possibly) were all awful. Especially Miles & Milly.
A then largely unknown Ricky Gervais, partner of producer Jane Fallon, was credited as "Music Advisor" for the series, and it was he who commissioned the theme tune, written by The Way Out. In 2000 BBC Music issued a compilation CD featuring the theme tune and songs from the 1990s by bands including: Blur, The Charlatans, The Lightning Seeds, Pulp, Jamiroquai, Manic Street Preachers, Suede, Oasis, The Divine Comedy, Everything but the Girl, New Order, Skunk Anansie, The Clash, Happy Mondays, The Prodigy and Supergrass.
i played it almost note for note at a band rehearsal last year as a ānew songā iād written, our other guitarist took great pleasure in informing me of my mistakeā¦
Think this was the first āadultā programme that I watched from start to finish when it was airing. Missed the last episode with the wedding as was on holiday in Ireland which didnāt have BBC (HOW DID WE COPE?) and in pre-internet times had to wait for it to be shown on UK GOLD 2 years later.
Re-watched it about 10 years ago and it had not aged well, perhaps unsurprisingly, but Anna remained the absolute snorting-coke-off-the-photocopier-whilst-at-work best.
So many strange replies in this thread. Really weird behaviour.
It was the first time iād saw gay characters on TV at all really, especially intimate scenes between gay characters, or even young(ish) people taking drugs.
I think itās as good a TV series as weāve seen in this country, and pretty important. On the face of it - a bunch of young lawyers in London - it shouldnāt have appealed to me, but the characters were so real and so flawed it sort of transcended the central premise of the show.
Milly and Ferdy were the best and most genuine characters.
