There’s a party going on. The kind of function where the adults are dysfunctional beside a sad little barbeque and the kids get their game on in the front room. Della is keen that the family get out there and socialise because, as she notes, lying on top of someone doesn’t count as socialising – … >
There’s a heatwave going on, and cousin Cathy is coming over to visit. Della doesn’t have the good china to dig out, but the guest does get to have a can of fizzy coke, a privilege not awarded to the rest of the family. Cathy is immediately funny and interesting (‘She’s had experience of life … >
With one right of passage (your first period) covered in the previous episode, we’re onto another: buying decent underwear. Germaine (Helen Monks) hopes the lingerie department will introduce her to a grown-up world of lace and frills. Matriarch Della, a romantic not given to romanticism, is more pragmatic. When you’re a teenager on an estate … >
This first episode of Channel 4’s Raised by Wolves is a triumphantly confident opening to a series. Sure, there was a pilot last year, but that is in no way required viewing to get up to speed: it can be assumed that this episode wouldn’t have been much different even if it was the first … >
Sky has confirmed that comedy Spy will not be returning for a third series.
Sky1 have today announced the commission of a second series for comedy Spy, starring Robert Lindsay (My Family) and Darren Boyd (Green Wing).
It’s only his first day on the job and already Tim’s covert career is colliding with his home life, in the second episode of Sky1’s excellent new comedy, Spy.
Sky1 have been having a good run of original comedy lately and Spy may just be their best effort yet.
Starring Robert Lindsay (My Family), Darren Boyd (Green Wing) and Rebekah Staton (Pulling), Sky 1’s latest original comedy, Spy, launches next month.