Much like the life of man or woman, brilliant comedies have three distinct stages: the astonishing, witty and original first series, which gleefully burns comedic stale tropes at the stake and dances round them laughing and naked; the second/third series in which the...
Did we like it? Perhaps it’s because we’re sick of prime ministerial political posturing, but while this episode was good it lacked the chilling momentum of usual, and flaws such as plot recycling, unrealistic dialogue and irritating characters punched through the TV...
Did we like it? We’re only a couple of days into 2007, but we may already have seen its comedic peak. What was good about it? • The absence of Hugh Abbot (Chris Langham) was smoothly navigated, as the inept minister was on a break in Australia. • The manner in which...
What to say if you liked it A gloriously contemporary update of Yes Minister in which the genial skulduggery of civil servants is substituted for the amoral megalomania of untethered demagogues. What to say if you didn’t like it A convoluted pile of vomit that seeks...