Count Arthur's House of Horrors

The opening episode of the third series opens with Arthur doing his tarot card reading act which scares the bejesus out of the customers at Bulent's cafe.

Michael's agent is on the verge of getting him a very good book deal and things are going swimmingly with his new girlfriend Sinem.

However when Arthur insists in coming round to his agent's new house which they think is haunted, Arthur ends up doing an exorcism. Micheal meanwhile thinks it is all a bit silly but gets flashbacks to childhood memories which might explain his aversion to dancing in public.

Another gloriously daft episode of Count Arthur Strong, I did laugh out loud several times in the opening few minutes but the episode could not sustain itself throughout. I did like the pastiche of the film Exorcism as Arthur arrives at the house.

Arthur has been performing tarot readings at Bulent's cafe and is close to being banned.

Michael has a new agent and there's a hint of a new book deal in the air, unfortunately Arthur fuels the idea that her new home is haunted.

It's into its third series, so you could be forgiven for expecting a fall off, especially after the brilliance of series two, not a bit of it, it's very, very funny and a quintessentially quirky start to the third run.

I just loved the start, with Arthur believing he's god's gift to a lesbian couple, but The Exorcist scene at the end is comedy gold, absolutely rib tickling. The way it moves from that to Most Haunted, spectacular.

The belly laugh moment comes when Michael wakes up after Birdie has made the most of her photo opportunity. The introduction of Branagh Gallagher was a smart move, Birdie is wonderfully naughty.

Outrageously funny.

9/10.