Throughout there is a few great points where it refers to how television shows shaped his childhood and also some facts about some of those shows you may not even remember. Do yourself a favour and give this book a swerve, and maybe pick up a copy of ‘When Saturday Comes’ magazine instead. It is so well observed and frequently had me laughing out loud (and then having to explain to my husband what I’d found so funny).

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I'm definitely not his target audience as I was 24 when the '90s started, but nevertheless I enjoyed this and watched the majority of the shows he talks about in this gently amusing book. It's also funny how his team Plymouth and mine Brighton started the decade in the Second Division only to tumble down to the Fourth tier in roughly the same seasons. Josh's frustrations are still bubbling over, from his overflowing shower to his contactless card via a night train back from Edinburgh.And how come no one ever warned Rob or Josh of the sleep-depriving, sick-covering, tear-inducing, snot-wiping, 4am-relationship-straining brutality of it all? Using a different television show of the time as its starting point for each chapter Watching Neighbours Twice a Day. I haven't previously paid much attention to Josh's comedy career but I can honestly say this was the funniest book that I've read in a while, Josh has a sarcastic, dry sense of humour and I found myself regularly chuckling whilst reading. There are chapters on many 1990s TV shows here, amongst them, Gladiators, Badger Girl, Knightmare, You Bet!

I’ve sent the extra copy to the lovely friend who introduced me to the podcast in the first place to say thank you for the hours of free entertainment I’ve benefitted from. I’d thoroughly recommend it to everyone (even if your youngest ‘baby’ is 11 tomorrow like mine, and your oldest one of the four is 19. C.’ would be absent because “he’s on his holidays today” (translation: he’s in the washing machine). Widdicombe tours nationwide as one of the UK’s finest stand-up comedians as well as co-hosting The Last Leg, and has starred on Have I Got News For You, Live At The Apollo, Taksmaster and numerous other TV comedy Shows.Growing up in a tiny rural village on Dartmoor, no bands came within 100 miles, all the local farmers voted Tory, our nearest football team was in the fourth division, and the closest I got to being a new lad was when my older brother let me drink some of his Hooch. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Although as he points out, knowing it isn’t real does nothing to diminish just how terrifying to watch it is even today. Join Josh and Rob as they share the challenges and madness of their parenting journeys with lashings of empathy and extra helpings of laughs. I didn't ever get into TFI Friday but I can now understand what the appeal was - I just wasn't at that point in life!

I want that book that tells the journey of the road to stand up as I am sure there are some fun stories to tell.

Using a different television show of the time as it’s starting point for each chapter Watching Neighbours Twice a Day… is part-childhood memoir, part-comic history of 90s television and culture. Using a different television show of the time as its starting point for each chapter, Watching Neighbours Twice a Day.