High Times

There are so far only two reviews of this series so let's bring some balance. This is made for terrestrial TV mini soap opera based in a working and also not working class area of Scotland. The story concerns three families and two drug user friends who live in the same block of flats which are due for demolition. It's basically a lower budget Shameless or poverty safari based in Scotland. It's less serious than say River City but lacks any real laugh out loud moments. It will have very limited appeal outside of Scotland due to the accents of the cast. Many people simply won't understand what's being said. There is constant drug use but never any consequences. There is a 15 year old girl who hangs around with men in their late 20s who wants a sexual relationship with the men. Children are born to unmarried women and the father has no idea he is a dad as he was too drunk to remember. It's all fairly bleak and stereotypical of lower class lives and this show aims to find humour in their situations. It's fans will mainly be young Scottish people who use drugs living in poverty simply because it's a demographic that is rarely on TV. Its certainly no Trainspotting however. It oddly lacks authenticity as there's very little mentioned about religion, football or violence in the city of Glasgow. Disregard the overly positive reviews and lower your expectations. Unless taking drugs and claiming benefits is your highest aspiration there's not much to see here...