You Must Be the Husband

Tom arrives home one day to learn that his wife has become a successful authoress, spending her afternoons penning a romantic novel.

It's something of a mixed bag this one, there are definitely elements that are funny, there are some aspects which are decidedly unfunny.

It's very much a product of its time, a comedy from the aspirational eighties, where success was judged by the size of the balance, the twist here that it's coming from the wife, not the husband.

It's humour that veers between high brow clever humour, to farce, some episodes are straight up sitcom land, others are a little more outlandish, very much with that Duty Free style of farcical humour.

You can't fault the acting, Tim Brooke Taylor and Diane Keen are great as the two lead characters. I'm a fan of Tom, I found Alice hard to warm to. The best character by a mile, for me, was Miranda, who's cynicism and sarcasm I found very funny.

I can't say I'm surprised that it's never had a commercial release, and two series was perhaps the right length for it. It amused me, it's not going to be for everyone.

An amusing watch, not sure I'd deem it a hidden gem, 7/10.