Customer Reviews
The Only Show Were You'll See Your REAL LoveLife Up On Screen! - By: m.bison, 01 Jan 2008 
When most people think of The Peep Show, they tend to focus on the POV (point-of-view) camerawork were the audience sees everything through the eyes of the characters. Granted, this does make the show very unique, but it would be a crime if this made people overlook how intelligent, true-to-life & downright funny this show is. It's certainly one of the best British TV shows ever made. It deserves the acclaim & global recognition of something like The Office.
The way the grey areas of relationships is articulated & made light of is incredible. All the secret thoughts, anxieties, & dysfunctional behaviour that we alll go through with the opposite sex is laid bare in every episode. The only other show that comes close to shining a light on these intangible grey areas of life & love is maybe Seinfeld, which isn`t as stuffy, inhibited & British as The Peep Show. Take the relationship of Mark & Sophie as a prime example. This isn't your typical King Of Queens, Mad About You, Chandler & Monica sit-com couple who have their ups & downs but basicallly love each other. Mark has such contempt for Sophie & feels completely trapped in the relationship. I've been there -- & I'm sure there are many, many other people out there who have also been stuck with someone they don't reallly want ... until of course that person dumps them! As Mark says to Jeremy in Series 4: "So now she's finished with you, suddenly you're in love with her again." As if Mark is the stupidest person alive, Jeremy says: "Exactly. DUR! That's how love works, Mark."
Absolutely brilliant. Buy this show now! ... Although with Series 5 currently being made, you may want to wait until the Series 1 to 5 boxset comes out if you`re looking to buy every Peep Show in one go.
