3 new comedies on 1 little disc.
Heading Out was created by, written by and stars Sue Perkins with Nicola Walker (see The Last Train post below), Dominic Coleman (Swinging, The Cup, Trollied), Joanna Scanlan (Stella, The Thick Of It, Getting On), Steve Oram (Tittybangbang) and Shelley Conn (Party Animals, Mistresses, Dead Set, The Palace, Marchlands). To me, the highlight of the show was the guest appearance of Raquel Cassidy in Episode 3 where she plays Sabine, a psychotic French woman. Her role as Cassie in Worst Week of My Life almost looks sane compared to Sabine. Brilliant. Other guest appearances also highlight the show. Dawn French (with June Brown and Jeff Rawle) in the 5th episode and other episodes found Steve Pemberton and Mark Heap appearing....lately it seems Heap turns up everywhere too.
The Spa was created and written by Derren Litten (Benidorm, The Catherine Tate Show, Pie In The Sky, Perfect World). Litten also has a main role in the show along with Rebecca Front (The Day Today, Alan Partridge, Fist Of Fun, Big Train, Time Gentlemen Please, Nighty Night, Just William, Grandma's House, The Thick Of It, Lewis), Tim Healy (A Kind Of Living, Boys From The Bush, Common As Muck, The Grand, Heartburn Hotel, Catterick, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Dead Man Weds, Benidorm), Frances Barber (Behaving Badly, Manchild, Funland, Doctor Who, Silk), Niky Wardley (Complete Guide To Parenting, Parents Of The Band, All The Small Things, Catherine Tate Show, In With The Flynns), Debbie Chazen (Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married, Mine All Mine, The Smoking Room, Tittybangbang, Psychoville, We Are Klang) and Nadine Marshall (Criminal Justice, The Smoking Room, Gates).
New Yes, Prime Minister......the classic returns with an updated version starring David Haig (Nice Day At The Office, The Thin Blue Line, Keeping Mum), Henry Goodman (Gravy Train Goes East, Cold Lazarus) and Chris Larkin (Roger Roger). Good writing, good acting, but difficult to get away from the feeling that it's a sketch show doing a parody of the original.
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