I quite enjoyed the first episode of this new five episode comedy about a pair of oddball builders from Stevenage. It is not the most original new British comedy of 2018, treading the increasingly familiar path of the mockumentary following the central characters on the job and their relationship with each other and the people they know inter-cut with to camera interview segments.
This opener introduced the childhood friends who live and work together and gave us a taste of some of their bodge jobs in the building trade fairly briskly but was a little uneven taking a while to really get going. Personally, once we got to the social situations such as the innuendo-laden conversation with Mrs Bryce-D'Souza and the birthday party I thought that this debut episode started to find its stride with some very awkward situations raising a chuckle. I can't say that I have seen much of the two leads in other programmes and it is good to see some fresh faces given the opportunity to show what they can do.
There were some very odd moments in this episode though, some of which were probably deliberately jarring but nevertheless seemed unwarranted in particular Dean telling Nikki that Lee had once killed a dog by throwing it against the wall just came out of nowhere.
Worth taking a look at, though I suspect like most comedies it will be a "Marmite" programme that some hate and some love.
This opener introduced the childhood friends who live and work together and gave us a taste of some of their bodge jobs in the building trade fairly briskly but was a little uneven taking a while to really get going. Personally, once we got to the social situations such as the innuendo-laden conversation with Mrs Bryce-D'Souza and the birthday party I thought that this debut episode started to find its stride with some very awkward situations raising a chuckle. I can't say that I have seen much of the two leads in other programmes and it is good to see some fresh faces given the opportunity to show what they can do.
There were some very odd moments in this episode though, some of which were probably deliberately jarring but nevertheless seemed unwarranted in particular Dean telling Nikki that Lee had once killed a dog by throwing it against the wall just came out of nowhere.
Worth taking a look at, though I suspect like most comedies it will be a "Marmite" programme that some hate and some love.