The Visit

A scrappy, cheeky sitcom that mines awkward laughs from a dreary prison visiting hall and its bored staff.

Created by

Tony Dow

Genres

Comedy

Starring

Iain McKee, John Henshaw, Steve Edge

Overview

The Visit is a British television programme starring Iain McKee, John Henshaw and Steve Edge. This comedy is set entirely in the visiting room of the prison HMP Radford Hill, where cunning and mischievous inmates do dodgy drug deals and snatch conjugal rights whilst their loved ones visit. All this activity happens under the watchful gaze of a bunch of bored and lazy Prison Officers doing the bare minimum to get the job done. The BBC revealed The Visit is part of a series trilogy with I'm With Stupid and Thieves Like Us; although sadly none of these sitcoms received a second series.

How it feels

Satirical, cynical, light and absurd. Brisk and easy to follow.

About

Crime, class, deception, family

Content

Strong language. Mild violence and sexual content. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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