Mr. Sloane (2014 Robert Weide & scr)

He created Curb Your Enthusiasm (and the great Woody Allen documentary) but this isn't that. No. It's Watford, 1969, for one thing. (Weide is American - seems to have no particular link to England.) And Nick Frost's wife Olivia Colman has left him to 'find herself - whatever that means'. But he does bump into American Ophelia Lovibond (great accent) and - once we've got over some lowbrow humour - they do seem to get on. Meanwhile his pub mates are a bunch of twats (Peter Serafinowicz - you know the trouble with  Peter Serafinowicz? He does tend to look quite nasty, so right for this role, but perhaps a handicap in the world of comedy - Brendan Patricks and Lawry Lewin), and his neighbour Valerie Lilley (Shameless) is not only nosey but has a delinquent Doberman.

It's quite guessable over six short episodes, but enjoyable.

The Kinks 'A Well Respected Man' is the opening song, with plenty of Gilbert & Sullivan available as counterpoint.

I almost sold it, sight unseen. I had no idea how long we'd had it and why we hadn't watched it before.