You Must Be the Husband (TV Series) Little Round Objects (1987) User Reviews

On the hunt for the pill.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 6/10 · 21 October 2022]

Miranda informs Alice that she wants a book a year out of her, but Alice is concerned about the future, believing that Tom is still wanting to have another child.

How times have changed, made back at a time where society itself expected women to stay at home mums, with the men out at work, so the thought of a woman having a child, and being able to write a book....that's mainly the source for the humour here.

Look at it with more innocent eyes, try not to judge it with today's ideals, if you can you'll find pockets of it amusing. I didn't think it was a patch on the last two, but it did have a few amusing moments.

The source of humour continues to be Miranda, and she is funny, I love her sharpness, and the way she's attracting all sorts of admirers.

Amusing, 6/10.

The mystery of the missing pills

[ShadeGrenade · 8/10 · 1 September 2023]

Tom makes no secret of the fact he wants Alice to have more children, so when Alice's birth pills go missing she thinks he must have disposed of them. As usual Miranda is quick to concoct all sorts of wild conspiracy theories concerning the fate of the pills, until a perfectly innocent explanation materialises.

As in the previous two episodes, Sheila Steafel steals every scene she is in. She deserved a spin-off series! Another reviewer mentions the dated and sexist attitude of Tom with regards to Alice. Well, yes, that is a drawback to watching archive television shows. You won't find modern attitudes reflected in the characters.

One wonders if Miranda's dislike of Tom is motivated by her own sexual interest in Alice. It would have gone some way to distinguishing this show from other middle of the road sitcoms of the 80's. Garfield Morgan plays 'Gerald', Tom's boss. A character none too far removed from 'Mr. Strain' from the Rodney Bewes sitcom 'Dear Mother, Love Albert'. Brian Hall, who plays 'Postman Pat' ha ha ) was 'Terry' the Cockney chef in the second season of 'Fawlty Towers'. The show's theme tune was 'Take Five' by Dave Brubeck.

Funniest moment - Tom taking a swig of beer in his pub ( he's in the company of Gerald and Pat, and declaring that the landlord must have urinated in the glass! ( maybe he did )