Reviews

Half way through season two. Thought Season 1 was excellent, but Season 2 is turgid. After episode 2 of the current run, they have enough evidence and opportunity to arrest and convict Spector ten times over - but the TV gods stop this happening, as they so obviously fancy getting a third season out of their this nonsense. Other reviewers suggest it improves again in Season 3. I really hope this is the case!

Some of the reviews on here are truly baffling. Critics almost universally gave the series a massive thumbs up, yet on here, reviewers (claiming to be previous massive fans of AP) are rating it at 1 star? Like I say: very very strange. From my viewpoint, I'd say that: if you're a Partridge fan, you're going to love this. Mid Morning Matters was excellent and this follows on in the same vein. It's not easy to parody something as inane as the One Show (which is almost a parody of itself) yet Coogan and his team give it a pretty good shot. More laughs per minute than anything else currently on TV at present. If in doubt, compare with Warren, which precedes it on BBC1 and is a laugh free zone. What's more, each episode so far has contained at least one classic Partridge moment, which is laugh out loud funny. Tonight's was the final section on corporal punishment: Alan's presentation followed by studio debate - with his chat with the north-eastern bloke classic cringeworthy stuff that had me crying with laughter. If that alone is only worthy of 1 star, I must be watching a completely different programme!