EPISODE
SEASON
Hold the Sunset - Season 1
A series of comedy events that follows Edith and Phil, the two neighbors who becomes nearly a couple. They decide to travel abroad and build new life together. But when Roger, Edith's immature son, comes to his mother's home, all the plans broken up.
13 December 1968, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
29 January 1959, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
21 August 1958, Margate, Kent, England, UK
27 October 1939, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
28 May 1935, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
7 December 1943, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
1981, Malaysia
7 September 1962, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
24 May 1948, Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
27 August 1978, Dorking, Surrey, England, UK
March 12, 2018
And so, with a heavy heart, to Hold the Sunset, which can only serve to reinforce how humour can skip a beat.
February 22, 2018
It warmed up a bit then and we were reminded of what a good actor Cleese is, even if you wouldn't necessarily place him in a benign, feelgood comedy where the talent felt as if it were only using three cylinders.
March 27, 2018
[John] Cleese deserved better. As did Alison Steadman, Anne Reid, Jason Watkins and Joanna Scanlan.
February 26, 2018
As mildly enjoyable as it becomes through the series, it's unlikely that many people will still be talking about Hold the Sunset come the summer.
February 23, 2018
[Jason] Watkins is a brilliant comic actor who could make the phone directory funny, but Roger's extraordinarily dismal midlife crisis is beyond the reach of even his talent to amuse.
February 25, 2018
The attempt by Cleese, in his first BBC show since Fawlty Towers, to be genially benign was so excruciating that I didn't know where to look.
