@bargepole’s post had me thinking not of that unmissable opportunity to review post-progressive sounds. But instead the triumphant return of Friday Night Dinner. This is a slow-burn comedy that has crept up to its fourth series without say the fanfare of Peepshow but is becoming every bit as reliable in delivering 30 mins of top-quality laughs.
The first episode of the new series sees all the FND elements present and correct: a catastrophic cock-up by Dad (‘shit on it’), Grandma behaving badly, withering looks by Mum every 30 seconds, the boys winding each other up continually and a dinner guest who gets the wrong end of every stick. And a pineapple.
Absolutely loved round our house.
Any show which features Mark Heap is automatically worth watching. I agree, FND is one of the unsung highlights of UK TV comedy. To think Mrs Brown’s Boys gets a huge audience, publicity etc, but is painfully unfunny just bewilders me.
I think I remember Judge Dread had some pretty original uses for a pineapple.