Me and the
Missus are glutting on online TV boxsets at the moment and we've devoured lots
of stuff, with a few standouts that are worth a mention. These are:
Chewing Gum
I'm a latecomer
to the two series of this comedy, which is set on a housing estate in Tower
Hamlets and follows the misadventures of Tracey Gordon, a goofy twentysomething
who's desperate to lose her virginity. She also has to negotiate a fervently
religious family, an in-denial gay boyfriend, and a chaotic but loving
selection of friends.
Written by
and starring Michaela Coel, who also plays Tracey, it's by turns
laugh-out-loud funny and gross-out vulgar, but it's also very engaging
and beguilingly touching. You genuinely end up giving a shit
about most of the characters in it. It's wonderful and, at the end,
is amazingly life-affirming. Coel is astonishingly good and astonishingly
talented.
Damned
The second
series of this sitcom is currently airing on Channel 4, so we watched the first
and it's excellent. The series, written by Jo Brand and Morwenna Banks, follows
a team of social workers in a child services department. It's full of great
one-liners and it's very bleak and gallows-style humour. Brand also stars
alongside Alan Davies, Izy Sutie and Himesh Patel. It's very good and very
funny.
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