Superb six x 1 hour comedy of a quality you rarely find these days. David Renwick is so good at leading the audience up the wrong path and presenting truly bizarre events and situations. There's also a strong Woody Allen feel to this, not just in the thirties soundtrack but specific nods, like a skeleton (
Manhattan) and characters in a novel who 'break free' (
Purple Rose of Cairo) - the ending is strongly reminiscent of
The Crowd. Just some truly wonderful and absurd things, like the video embedded into a gravestone. And interesting serious themes going on - existence, identity, modern culture.
Tamsin Greig is wonderfully subtle, Michael Landes a model of passive puzzlement. With Sheridan Smith, Montserrat Lombard, Trudie Styler.
Loved the handling of story between Landes and his older neighbour - and the acting - will they or won't they?
Couldn't believe use of
Vertigo soundtrack in final episode - must have cost a fortune.
Great to see Renwick himself (and colleague Andrew Marshall) acting as scriptwriters.
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