The Brittas Empire (TV Series) An Inspector Calls (1992) User Reviews

This one is hilarious.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 9/10 · 13 July 2019]

This is genuinely one of the funniest episodes I can remember seeing. It is pure slapstick comedy at its very best, the threat of the inspector causes some great laughs, but it's the events surrounding the pigeon in the gym that cause some laugh out loud moments.

The writing is genius, but the delivery is even better, Barrie is at his absolute best here, the scene where he holds the poor dead eagle is outrageously funny.

John D Collins ours in a good performance as the Inspector, a character that rivals even Brittas himself.

The One With The Drunk Hawk

[richard.fuller1 · 9/10 · 17 September 2006]

An inspector has arrived.

A pigeon seems to be in the gym. How will we get it out? A man with a trained hawk will be sent up to get it, but the hawk accidentally eats some corn tainted with alcohol that was put out for the pigeon. So now they have a drunk hawk on their hands as well.

As the inspector enters, we see Brittas, covered in blood and feathers carrying a dead hawk, followed by Tim carrying an unconscious Linda, also adorned in feathers.

The suggestion works brilliantly.

Thinking he will be fired, the staff then turns around and writes glowing reviews of Brittas out of pity.

Then they learn their error. The inspector is as anal-minded as Brittas, and he buys into all the compliements and praise.

The staff is stuck with him once again.