A comedy about a plane crash? Really? Well no, of course the plane crash is merely the device that allows this motley cast of characters to be propelled into the situation (i.e. being stranded on a deserted island) of this new 6-episode situation comedy based on a 2015 pilot that featured in the Comedy Blaps strand.
There are a couple of cast changes from the earlier incarnation of the show with Vicki Pepperdine coming in to replace Deborah Findlay as bossy former headmistress Harriet and American actress Grace Rex replacing Jessie Cave in the role of the fervently devout Susan - I briefly thought Rex was trying to do an oirish accent when her character first appeared on screen. However, this is basically a vehicle for Marc Wootton to unleash his latest ghastly character on the world in the form of ultra-needy, ultra-narcissistic, sociopathic flight attendant Brett who is deeply unhappy to discover that he and the male passenger he has set his sights on aren't the only survivors of the crash.
This was a spectacularly weird opening episode with a couple of laugh-out-loud moments (the false teeth/fake attack for one) punctuated by some really unsettling moments and just plain incomprehensible moments - the swiping an iPhone and digging a toilet scenes went nowhere and for too long. Someone has been raiding the Trojan Records back catalogue and there are some decent tunes playing in the background to the first episode.
Despite Channel 4 bumping this up from the yoof-orientated E4 to its main channel and running it in tandem with the established Friday Night Dinner I can't see this attracting much of an audience. Bring back Shirley Ghostman?
There are a couple of cast changes from the earlier incarnation of the show with Vicki Pepperdine coming in to replace Deborah Findlay as bossy former headmistress Harriet and American actress Grace Rex replacing Jessie Cave in the role of the fervently devout Susan - I briefly thought Rex was trying to do an oirish accent when her character first appeared on screen. However, this is basically a vehicle for Marc Wootton to unleash his latest ghastly character on the world in the form of ultra-needy, ultra-narcissistic, sociopathic flight attendant Brett who is deeply unhappy to discover that he and the male passenger he has set his sights on aren't the only survivors of the crash.
This was a spectacularly weird opening episode with a couple of laugh-out-loud moments (the false teeth/fake attack for one) punctuated by some really unsettling moments and just plain incomprehensible moments - the swiping an iPhone and digging a toilet scenes went nowhere and for too long. Someone has been raiding the Trojan Records back catalogue and there are some decent tunes playing in the background to the first episode.
Despite Channel 4 bumping this up from the yoof-orientated E4 to its main channel and running it in tandem with the established Friday Night Dinner I can't see this attracting much of an audience. Bring back Shirley Ghostman?