What to say of you liked it:

A unique comedy genius flourishing in a friendly, fertile environment.

What to say if you didn’t like it:

A parochial performer of questionable quality pandering to a partisan audience.

What was good about it?

• The routine on answering machines and cordless phones.

• The Slimming World sketch where Carol broke a nail and consequently broke her confidence and ultimately her strict diet.

• The way Kay frequently rescued a directionless ramble with a hilarious observation. (“HobNobs are the Steven Segal” of biscuit tea dunking; the way little boys do aeroplane impressions on the dancefloor at wedding receptions, and the dads’ favourite of the “walking to the dancefloor dance”.)

• Kay’s evocative paean to Bullseye. (“There’s Leanne in her stonewashed jeans with “Love” and “Hat” tattooed on her knuckles. She lost a finger.”; and the uselessness of a speedboat to a couple from Tamworth.)

What was bad about it?

• The way the cameras focused on the audience laughter that gave it the sporadic ambience of one of ITV1’s dreadful An Audience With shows.

• A few indulgent catchphrases. (“Garlic bread?”)

• Finishing on a song. It didn’t work for Monty Python, Red Dwarf, Smack The Pony and countless others. Only Father Ted and The Two Ronnies have managed to master

that most difficult art.