Brian Pern. Thomas has stated in various interviews that John Farrow is an exaggerated version of Queen manager Jim Beach, whom Thomas had worked with for many years following his involvement with the band. Reception Reviewing the second series, Brian Pern: A Life in Rock, Michael Hogan of The Daily Telegraph believed that "the observational material had bite but lost its cutting edge by forcing itself into a sitcom framework." Andrew Billen of The Times thought that "the first of this three-part returning comedy certainly had its very funny moments, but was it really necessary?" Ellen E. Jones of The Independent considered it to be a "very astute, very funny spoof of fêted rock'n'roll royalty, money grabbing 'creative' projects and BBC arts documentaries in general." Matt Baylis of the Daily Express commented "there's a sense of the BBC laughing at itself so other people don't have to. I'm not sure it should get off that lightly." Episode list Series 1 - The Life of Rock with Brian Pern Series 2 - Brian Pern: A Life in Rock Series 3 - Brian Pern: 45 Years of Prog and Roll A Tribute - At the BBC References External links BBC television comedy 2014 British television series debuts 2017 British television series endings 2010s British comedy television series Television shows set in the United Kingdom English-language television shows British parody television series British music television shows