This is what the new age of British digital television is about, giving new writers, comedians and shows opportunity that they might not have had before on terrestrial television. Man Stroke Woman was never going to make everyone laugh and was not going to be funny 100% of the time otherwise it would have debuted on the main channels. If this were a BBC1 or even BBC2 show it might well not have survived the first episode but on BBC3 we've been given the chance to see the series as a whole and see what parts have worked and those that should not return. I expect to see more experiments with shows like this over the coming years and hopefully Man Stroke Woman will be a future example of how it works.
The creative team have managed to tackle traditional humour along with the surreal and yes, childlike jokery that appeals to the audiences of today in a half hour slot and they've assembled a capable comedy-acting team to carry that off. As a modern sketch show there's thankfully little in the way of 'over-the-top' characterisation that saturated our screens in The Fast Show and Little Britain, and more of the 'everyman' characters and situations that would turn up in likes of Big Train.
Jokes are repeated through individual episodes and throughout the series, occasionally getting tiresome but it's worth it for the gems that arise. My personal highlights have been the couple shopping for flowers, cakes etc for their wedding and getting financially screwed every time the proprietors discover that it's a wedding, as well as the man who doesn't seem to know about fishing, pregnancy or even what an aeroplane is and his reaction to it all for the first time.
Hopefully a second series will head our way soon.
The creative team have managed to tackle traditional humour along with the surreal and yes, childlike jokery that appeals to the audiences of today in a half hour slot and they've assembled a capable comedy-acting team to carry that off. As a modern sketch show there's thankfully little in the way of 'over-the-top' characterisation that saturated our screens in The Fast Show and Little Britain, and more of the 'everyman' characters and situations that would turn up in likes of Big Train.
Jokes are repeated through individual episodes and throughout the series, occasionally getting tiresome but it's worth it for the gems that arise. My personal highlights have been the couple shopping for flowers, cakes etc for their wedding and getting financially screwed every time the proprietors discover that it's a wedding, as well as the man who doesn't seem to know about fishing, pregnancy or even what an aeroplane is and his reaction to it all for the first time.
Hopefully a second series will head our way soon.