Count Arthur Strong

Count Arthur Strong

2013
Count Arthur Strong
Count Arthur Strong

Count Arthur Strong

7.6 | en | Comedy

Count Arthur Strong is a faded star from the golden days of variety, prone to delusions of grandeur, selective memory loss and the blurting out of malapropisms. He was never as famous as he thinks he was... or still thinks he is. Believing that another great entertainment triumph is only a phone call away, Arthur spends his day making the most of any opportunity that comes along - gaining a free lunch or selling a dodgy foot-spa he doesn't want - creating chaos and confusion wherever he goes, blissfully unaware that he has done so.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP7  Safari Park
Jul. 14,2017
Safari Park

Michael finds himself with a whole new family on a birthday outing, but Arthur's money-saving schemes cause chaos.

EP6  The Lucky Streak
Jul. 07,2017
The Lucky Streak

Arthur makes friends while in search of biscuits, and his life and luck change.

EP5  The Three Wishes
Jun. 30,2017
The Three Wishes

Arthur attempts to build bridges with a surprising figure from his past.

EP4  The Soupover
Jun. 23,2017
The Soupover

What begins as ‘an old man version of a sleepover’ turns into something slightly more sinister. Can Michael escape in time?

EP3  Untrue Detective
Jun. 16,2017
Untrue Detective

A knock on the head results in Arthur joining the police force as a high-ranking detective. It’s up to Michael and the gang from the cafe to bring him back to reality.

EP2  Arthur the Hat
May. 26,2017
Arthur the Hat

Some of John the Watch's old criminal associates take an interest in Bulent's cafe.

EP1  Count Arthur's House of Horrors
May. 19,2017
Count Arthur's House of Horrors

Eternally optimistic ex-variety star Arthur Strong is enlisted to rid a haunted house of its demonic occupants. However, his bid requires spending an evening in the problematic property.

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7.6 | en | Comedy | More Info
Released: 2013-07-08 | Released Producted By: Komedia Entertainment , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xwh7r
Synopsis

Count Arthur Strong is a faded star from the golden days of variety, prone to delusions of grandeur, selective memory loss and the blurting out of malapropisms. He was never as famous as he thinks he was... or still thinks he is. Believing that another great entertainment triumph is only a phone call away, Arthur spends his day making the most of any opportunity that comes along - gaining a free lunch or selling a dodgy foot-spa he doesn't want - creating chaos and confusion wherever he goes, blissfully unaware that he has done so.

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Cast

Steve Delaney , Rory Kinnear , Chris Ryman

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Reviews

aaroninacave I'm really not sure why i like this programme as much as i do... but it is one of the funniest things i've seen in a long time. i only gave it a go because Graham Linehan was involved in the writing.It is good clean comedy with the typically bizarre moments you would expect from a piece of Linehan writing... as the show progresses you see Michael slowly but surely becoming one of the crazy collective.The character that is Count Arthur Strong was an amazing idea and is brilliantly acted in this show.The confusion is pure quality.If you have never even heard of the radio show (like me) just give this show a try and you may well be glad you did.
dan-845 I've come to this late, and not heard of the radio series.For the first minute I thought this looks dated and this Count Arthur Strong actor is overacting a bit. Then I realised I was watching hilarious comedy gold. I've just watched the 4th episode. Maybe they've gone a bit heavy-handed on the tragedy - I think it works but I think it just lingers a bit too long, like on Eggy's face during his sorry tale, and in the taxi ride back from the hospital.Perhaps this is a slight editing problem, where just a 5 or 10 second cut would have got the balance right. The problem is that the tragedy is very real and sad, which is an achievement in itself that we care so much about the characters so quickly, but it's just a bit too real and sad, for 10 seconds too long :)I think people must be drawing parallels between The Count and John Shuttleworth, another hilarious older-than-the-actor Yorkshire buffoon in his own internally logical world.This is the loudest and longest I've laughed watching anything since Curb Your Enthusiasm, it's a work of absolute genius in both Steve Delaney's masterful performance and the Father Ted-like farcical comedy plotting. As soon as I've seen the last 2 episodes I'll be straight onto the radio shows :)
freinth1 Count Arthur Strong is one of the funniest and best written television comedies of the last twenty years. It is also at times poignant and touching. Arthur himself is a comic character equalled only by the likes of Basil Fawlty, Alf Garnett, Edmund Blackadder and other luminaries of the 1970s and 80s. I have watched these 6 episodes again and again and each time I watch them I am even more convinced of this show's comic genius. (Just watch Arthur in episode 3 when introduced to the actress Dame Agnes to see this genius in action.) The other main character, Michael, and the ensemble of characters all add greatly to the show, especially the wild-eyed, irascible Bulent, and his sweet but mischievous sister. I can only hope that the second series is as good as this one!
stevequaltrough I arrived late to this show, never having heard of Count Arthur Strong before the current TV series. Neither was I enticed by the trailers. But having seen episodes of the re-run on BBC 2, I am convinced that Arthur is the funniest TV comedy creation since Basil Fawlty. Having enjoyed the first 2 episodes I went out and bought the DVD only to discover that the remaining 4 episodes were even funnier than the ones I had previously viewed. Rory Kinnear gives excellent support as the bemused writer Michael. I hear this is booked for series 2. I can't wait! The delusional Arthur reminds me of some characters I used to know at a poetry writer's club, one of whom described herself as "a household name" despite the fact that no-one had ever heard of her. Maybe Arthur should start something similar as one of his rackets. It would give him excellent scope for his ham acting talents.Having read the reviews mentioning the Radio Show, I bought season 2 on audio CD and found it to be equally hilarious. Standouts were Arthur posing as a self motivation guru and his lecture on Creationism vs Darwinism with reference to the films of Charlton Heston. Totally hilarious. Whether on TV or radio comic genius is still comic genius