I just happened upon this show on Hulu Plus last night. Being a huge fan a dark comedies, I am intrigued after watching only a couple of episodes but I am surprised that this show even got made. It is like Twin Peaks cross-bred with Northern Exposure and My Name is Earl. I haven’t made sense of the plot yet if there even is one but the language and imagery would be really controversial even for an American R rated movie and yet it a British comedy TV series. Does anyone know more background on this show? Is it popular in Britain? Even though it is British, many of the major characters are quite American or possibly Canadian.
For those of you can’t see it, it is a British show set in a TV format but the episodes are long and somewhat disjointed. The Snuff Box is where they take people to be executed by hanging at random points in the show. They usually screw it up in some way but hardly anyone ever notices because the hanging is never the central point. There is also a bizarre men’s club that they hang out in drinking and smoking cigars and the misogyny and swearing are blatant and brutal throughout the whole episode. If this sounds like a poor description, it is because I have never seen anything else like it.