In this episode the grumpy old men focus on the effect speed bumps have on cars and accident numbers and also they discuss the annoyance that is call centres.
In this episode the men talk about the way in which technology is trying to enhance our lives but in the case of the older generation, it often makes life more complicated.
In this episode the men discuss the effect fast food has on our body and how this leads to the many diets and keep fit attempts that people have throughout the year.
This episode covers topics such as holidays and the joys of the new football season.
Participants in the programme rail against the concept and evidence of 'the nanny state'.
Topics covered in this programme include the tabloids' obsession with 'fabricated celebrity'.
This week's focus is celebrity-chef culture, exclusive restaurants and expensive wine lists.
The grumblers cast their minds back to the days when the post would arrive on time, when water came out of a tap and not a bottle, of decent music and classic movies and before going to the cinema meant a two hour extravaganza of junk food in a bucket. With Arthur Smith, Rory McGrath, Rick Wakeman, Will Self, John Stapleton, Tim Rice, John O'Farrell, Des Lynam, Nigel Havers, Sir Gerry Robinson, Tony Slattery, Don Warrington and Peter York.
The grumblers find their hackles rising virtually the moment they leave their homes. Filling up the car; a trip to the supermarket; even consulting the A-Z can prove potentially explosive. With Arthur Smith, Rory McGrath, Rick Wakeman, Will Self, John Stapleton, Tim Rice, John O'Farrell, Des Lynam, Nigel Havers, Gerry Robinson, Tony Slattery, Don Warrington and Peter York.
The grumblers get annoyed about technology - how VCRs, DVDs and mobile telephones all seem designed specifically to annoy them. Television adverts they don't understand, phone calls which are never for them, the endless pleasure of dialling directory enquiries. When did modern life becoming so confusing? With Arthur Smith, Rory McGrath, Rick Wakeman, Will Self, John Stapleton, Tim Rice, John O'Farrell, Des Lynam, Nigel Havers, Gerry Robinson, Tony Slattery, Don Warrington and Peter York.
