Come Fly With Me (UK) (TV Series)

This mockumentary series, is not gay series. The two lead actors play almost all roles, including female and gay characters and the sensibilities of the humor is something that might align better with gay audience and hence the review here. The idea of the series is to poke fun at flying at the friendly skies. The duo portray nearly 50 different characters who work at or pass through the fictional airport's imaginary terminal, from pilots, stewardesses and baggage handlers to coffee-kiosk workers and assorted traveling couples. Also it is important to remember that this series came back in 2010. The show has 6 episodes of about 30 minutes each.

The series satirizes people who have the time and money to use airports regularly - people with respectable dayjobs, authority and status; people with a shot at a managerial role. It features a wide array of characters such as owner of low-cost airline FlyLo Omar Baba, work-shy coffee kiosk worker Precious Little, highly camp passenger liaison officer Moses Beacon, racist immigration officer Ian Foot, quirky ground crew worker Taaj Manzoor, catty air steward Fearghal O'Farrell, serial holiday-makers Peter and Judith and the extremely thick burger joint worker Tommy Reid who has ambitions of becoming a pilot. At center we have two front desk airline workers vying for the managerial position, a racist immigration officer targeting everyone who is not white, a cafe owner always looking to not work, many many passengers, baggage handlers, a couple who are also pilots, stewards in the plane and most importantly the owner of the airlines. The characters, are quirky, but they are also very vibrant, colorful, three-dimensional and unique. Sure, this might not just be in the liking for everyone, as British humor can be somewhat of an acquired taste.

The series aims to provide light-hearted entertainment and does not shy away from employing humor that may be considered controversial. It utilizes satire and caricature to exaggerate stereotypes for comedic effect. In today's context, the show's portrayal of some characters and their ethnic backgrounds can be perceived as racially insensitive or offensive. It is unlikely that such humor would be accepted or tolerated in the current cultural climate. Overall, the show is complete comedy no story line just constant ridiculous low shelf humour. There is nothing deep and profound about it but it doesn't pretend that there is. Personally I enjoyed first couple of episodes a lot more than the further ones because I felt it started to get repetitive. These kind of formats worked well in weekly format, but if you try to binge it, like I did, it does to start get on your nerves. Every individual will likely have their own taste from bad to very funny for these kind of shows. For me it worked in most places. (5.5/10)