The Mockumentary, isn’t a new thing in television comedy (even if our spell checker wanted to fix it with its evil red lines!) When they are good they work really well. Case in point the short lived People Like Us and of course (to use an overused phrase) the...
This column was delayed because I was out living life! Yes I do have one. I attended my sister’s college graduation. We started off with great emotion and enthusiasm but after her name was called and she walked across the stage, there were still more than 200 names to...
Did we like it? It was very good, but only very good rather than the celestial hilarity of the last series; and the root of its problems perversely lie in its main strength – the incorrigibility of its lead characters. What was good about it? • Jeremy trying to...
The Invisibles Ewww! I wouldn’t say I shock easy. TV has helped to desensitise me over the years. I can’t bare watching people being sick on or off screen. But I spent the majority of Monday’s Channel 4’s Embarrassing Bodies cringing. We got to meet a woman with what...
Did we like it? Like the rest of this series, this final episode lacked the integrity and inventiveness of the first three runs and was more like a run-of-the-mill sitcom. What was good about it? • David Mitchell brilliantly conveyed the horror of heading headlong...
Did we like it? The marvellous misanthropists continue to provide an x-ray of the misery of modern Britain either through the eyes of unwilling conformist Mark or debauched wastrel Jez. What was good about it? • Despite this being the fourth series, the palpable truth...