Beware of reviews that give 9 or 10/10 and sound like manic handouts from the publicity department. Anyway, I liked the premise of this series - to see the acts behind the scenes interacting naturally so you not only see their stage persona but something of their real selves. In the first episode, for example, we see Jimmy Carr comfortable and confident but Seann Walsh is nervous and insecure. There are 4 comedians in each episode and which ones you like is a matter of taste, of course. Where the series falls down for me is Katherine Ryan's perhaps strange decision to have Geoff Norcott as her writer. I think Ryan is talented but she loses it a bit here having to use Norcott's material. He also appears and is in every episode. Norcott is well-known as being one of the few right-wing comedians around and like all right-wing comedians he isn't very funny and can be quite nasty. In episode 2, Ryan's friend Sarah Pascoe appears and Norcott, asked to come up with something for Ryan to say about her, can only come up with, "Looks like a horse in a dress." It's interesting that in the same episode Norcott avoids Frankie Boyle.
Worth a watch if you could edit out Norcott's stuff.
Worth a watch if you could edit out Norcott's stuff.
