It's quite hard to sum up what is currently 5 series of a sitcom, but the general story is set around Sheldon Cooper, a 20-something-year-old physicist with a huge IQ but a minuscule amount of social skills, which provides the mishaps that make us laugh so much in many hilarious sketches. He lives with his roommate, Leonard and has two other close friends, Howard and Raj, with Penny, the 'normal' girl across the hallway. Together, this gang of 5 muddle their way through life in California and the ups and downs of romance, friendship, work and 'nerdom'!I was skeptical about whether 'The Big Bang Theory' would live up to my expectations after all the hype I had heard, however I now find myself deleting 'Friends' episodes on our sky planner to make room for new 'The Big Bang Theory' episodes, and if you know me, you will understand that this is a big deal!!! My whole family loves it, and although we are now at the stage where we have watched every episode (*cough* perhaps more than once), I was given the whole box set for Christmas, and countless numbers of our evenings are spent sprawled in front of the TV, watching back-to-back episodes. The thing that makes this programme so fantastic is the fact that each character has been written so cleverly and intricately, making their characteristics and mannerisms extreme versions of what we see in some of our friends - the 'nerdy' one, the 'women crazy' one, the 'shy, unlucky one', and this makes the characters extremely relateable. The humour is fantastic, although it is sometimes based around 'scieney' or 'nerdy' topics, the jokes have been well-enough written to ensure that they are received well. Each episode is funny, well-written and clever making it appeal to all sorts of people. Even my parents love to watch it and find some scenes unbearably funny!
Whoever you are reading this, I urge you to watch just one episode of 'The Big Bang Theory' or even just click here, here or here.... and also here
