Jason Watkins! Hello!
I know you know him as Herrick, but my original reference will always be Bradley Stainer in Funland.
He's only two years older than us!
That's the unfair card dealt to men who lose their hair young I guess.
Still, the character actor niche has worked well for him.
And Mark Bonnar!
Doctor Who and Psychoville at the same time.
As usual for me I recognised him purely from his voice.
Although neither was heavily disguised.
Very happy to prove myself right though.
VERY unfair write up in the RT this week.
They never really liked TLoG either.
I've never forgiven Alison Graham for her lousy review of Yule Never Leave.
Anyway, it was one of their TV highlights, but you could barely tell from the review!
And it's only in the magazine, not online. Talk about being damned by faint praise.
Here is a flavour, with spoilers removed.
Written by Patrick Mulkern for the Radio Times
Quote:
COMEDY OF THE WEEK
... So the plot tightens in the dance of the macabre, where there's dubious pleasure in watching just how far Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton will go in testing their audience's bad taste threshold.
[spolier] makes for quesy but irrestistible viewing
[spolier] should make some punters squirm, but it is her crass remarks to a rape victim that ultimately cross the line for me.
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I don't think I missed out a single positive. Oh, unless you count "a swishingly camp turn"?
Now how can that be the comedy of the week?
Perhaps give the job of reviewing to someone who really does think it's the comedy of the week? Or at least someone who understands their sense of humour. Or at the very scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel-least someone who has looked at ther viewing figures and realises many people LIKE the series...?
Sheesh.
The accompanying photo of Maureen with her "smoothie" is Psychoville gold though.