After years of 'Men Behaving Badly' and 'Have I got News for you', I certainly didn't. After this series I do though.
Someone should teach the Americans how to make this sort of show: funny, whimsical and without a glimmer of preaching, with weird and damaged characters that hug you from the screen, and pathos aplenty. It requires a light hand unfortunately, something that neither Hollywood nor primetime TV in the US is renowned for.
Thank God for the Brits, who've forgotten more about this kind of TV than all the network moguls and writing teams will ever know. Dominic Minghella takes us on an oddball outing worthy of Richard Curtis, and I thank him very much.
Someone should teach the Americans how to make this sort of show: funny, whimsical and without a glimmer of preaching, with weird and damaged characters that hug you from the screen, and pathos aplenty. It requires a light hand unfortunately, something that neither Hollywood nor primetime TV in the US is renowned for.
Thank God for the Brits, who've forgotten more about this kind of TV than all the network moguls and writing teams will ever know. Dominic Minghella takes us on an oddball outing worthy of Richard Curtis, and I thank him very much.