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===Criticism===
At the beginning of the third series, John Boland of the ''[[Irish Independent]]'' asserted that the show was declining in quality: <blockquote>"Podge and Rodge seemed like the standard bearers of a new, confident comedy generation, which makes it all the more depressing to look at what's happened to them since they entered the mainstream with their twice-weekly show on RTE2. And make no mistake: the bad language and crude sexual humour may have blown the top off the taste barometer, but ''The Podge & Rodge Show'', now in its third series, is as mainstream as ''[[Killinaskully]]''." <ref>[http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/a-bodged-job-1237904.html A bodged job]" ''Irish Independent''. URL last accessed [[2008-04-09]]</ref></blockquote>
As series four begins and the U.K are reeling from [[Sachsgate]] the''[[Irish Independent]]'' surmises: <blockquote>"So, are we looking at a similar culture developing here? Well, you could argue that Podge & Rodge are already giving Russell Brand a run for his money.<br>
But to do so would be to ignore some mitigating factors: the Ballydung duo do their thing with an almost total lack of arrogance, and deploy wit, self-deprecation and the clever buffer of being made out of papier maché. Their great skill is to deliver the most appalling filth and insults and somehow seem cute and old-fashioned while they are doing so." <ref>[http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/the-radio-stars-who-thought-they-could-never-go-too-far-1516189.html]</ref></blockquote>
== DVDs ==
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