# Help me identify these British TV shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-british-tv-shows/499117 "2009-06-08T17:47:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-british-tv-shows/499117/1 "2009-06-08T17:47:53Z")
Saw both of these (6?) years ago on a trip to Europe, and don’t know the title of either. One was a sitcom (might have actually seen this on TV in France, but it was definitely British) about some young-ish roommates, one of whom (a male) had agoraphobia. That’s all I can remember, except that I found it pretty hilarious at the time. The other was a cartoon sitcom that I saw in Amsterdam (though it was also British) - the only pertinent details I can remember were some guy owned a mule that he gave drugs to in order to turn him into a racehorse, and during the big race the mule/horse did a slo-mo jump over a hurdle and then exploded in mid-air. I can’t recall laughing at an episode of TV so much (though my trip to the “coffee shop” no doubt helped). Skimpy, I know, but anybody got a clue? ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-british-tv-shows/499117/2 "2009-06-08T17:57:56Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Saw both of these (6?) years ago on a trip to Europe, and don’t know the title of either. One was a sitcom (might have actually seen this on TV in France, but it was definitely British) about some young-ish roommates, one of whom (a male) had agoraphobia. That’s all I can remember, except that I found it pretty hilarious at the time. I’d be surprised if this wasn’t [Game On](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_On_(BBC_television)). ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-british-tv-shows/499117/3 "2009-06-08T18:16:47Z")
Exactly so! Thanks, **Chez**! Was the show well-regarded in the UK? ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-british-tv-shows/499117/4 "2009-06-08T18:32:33Z")
I found it somewhat like the curate’s egg. Some episodes were pretty funny but others, not so much. The agoraphobia joke wore thin for me after a while but the lovely Samantha Janus was always worth a look. I preferred Neil Stuke to Ben Chaplin as Matthew but others may wish to disagree. I’d place it in the second rank of worthy sitcoms. My SO loved it. I can’t speak for the rest of the population. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-british-tv-shows/499117/5 "2009-06-08T19:31:38Z")
The cartoon could possibly be [I Am Not an Animal](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Not_an_Animal)? I don’t remember too much about it myself, except Steve Coogan voiced one of the main characters and it had a weird sort of animation style. It was pretty funny, ISTR. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-british-tv-shows/499117/6 "2009-06-08T19:37:56Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > The cartoon could possibly be [I Am Not an Animal](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Not_an_Animal)? I don’t remember too much about it myself, except Steve Coogan voiced one of the main characters and it had a weird sort of animation style. It was pretty funny, ISTR. Possibly, though that doesn’t quite sound like the show I saw, which seemed to be more about a bumbling Homer Simpson-type father than the actual animals.