I have watched this beautiful show from the very first broadcast of the first series. I can’t claim any great insight to how good it was going to be. I hardly knew Mackenzie Crook as I never got into The Office and thought Pirates of the Carribean was childish nonsense after suffering the first film.
Toby Jones is one of my favourite actors though which is what piqued my interest into why he would appear in such a strange (on paper) plotline. It was obvious though from the first few minutes of Epiosde 1 that this was going to be something special.
Lance: Anythin’?
Andy: ****-all. Three shotgun caps and a Blakey
Andy: What you got?
Lance: Ring-pull, ’83, Tizer.
Andy: What d’you do wth ’em?
Lance: Bag ’em up, stick ’em on eBay. People buy this shit.
Andy: Sad tits.
Lance: You said it.
Cue theme tune. Sublime.