Critical Reception
The series has been described as "comedy genius" by the Daily Mail, as "Reality- based comedy at its finest" by The Times, and as "basically The Beano with added smut" by The Independent. Gavin Docherty of the Daily Express said, after reading the book of scripts, "I laughed so hard my head nearly fell off".
The Scotsman gave the series a negative review, with Robert McNeil describing the series as one in which "two clapped-out has-beens (except they never-weres) put on ridiculous Scottish voices and enact quasi-racist routines".. Cryer has denied that the show is anti-Scottish saying the series was "an affectionate laugh at all things Scottish. Graeme is half Scottish. I am borderline having been born in Cumbria". Garden stated that in the series they were sending up the stereotypes of Scots rather than Scots themselves.
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