Sweet Sixteen (1983– )
6/10
A sweet, mildly amusing series.
23 November 2022
42 year old business owner Helen Walker falls for young employee Peter Morgan, and gets pregnant by him, the pair get closer, but don't always agree.

If you like comedies or British shows in general, you'll be aware of Penelope Keith's major sitcoms, To The Manor Born and The Good Life, I'm not many people are aware of this six part series, it's never had a commercial dvd release, and it's fair to say I can understand why.

Don't expect outlandishly or bawdy humour, it's on the more gentle, mildly amusing scheme, it's a love story with a difference, viewers at the time would see lots of older men with younger women on TV, very little of the other way round, so from that point of view it was quite progressive.

Too often I felt that Penelope Keith was the one doing all the hard work, she truly is a cut above here, by far and away the standout. The supporting cast are fair, but don't always get the best scripts.

Some of the character play is nice, I enjoyed the scenes where Helen took various suits down, and that scenes with ber Doctor were always good.

Look out for a young Richard E Grant in episode 6.

It's worth seeing, but it is an average watch, 6/10.
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