Henpocalypse!

A hen party from Birmingham sets off to a party in Wales, at the same time that a crabs epidemic wipes out most of the men in the world.

I was a little unsure after the first episode, but after that I found myself binge watching it. I'll be honest, it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but I liked the format, and the sheer bizarre, quirkiness of it.

There are a couple of laughs, but it's not exactly belly laugh humour, but it has its moments.

There's a bit about Inception, and that made me wonder if this is all perhaps Jen or Zara's dream sequences, maybe if there's a second series we will find out.

The flashbacks help you to put the pieces together, and work out exactly what the dynamic is all about.

They're a really crazy bunch, of the hens, it's Mama Bernadette who delivers most of the laughs, Elizabeth Berrington has always had a great sense of timing. It gets even more zany when DD appears.

7/10.

At the start of episode 1 I thought I'd hate it, as the characters were grating and really not the kind of people I'd want to watch a show about (or so I thought) as they came across as rather abrasive.

But as the episode went on, that changed completely.

The characters are over the top and somewhat annoying in contrast with the seriousness of the situations they're in, and despite quite a bit of the humour being focused on some narrow topics, there's some pretty clever dry humour chucked in there too.

I saw one review mentioned the dialogue being really bad and I can't help but feel like they maybe missed the whole idea of the show in terms of tone. And again, the dry humour.

Also, somehow, in 6 episodes half hour episodes, it has more character development than most shows that get double the runtime and episode count per season.

My advice to anyone wanting to watch it, is that if you want to watch a surprisingly well written show wearing the mask of a badly written show, give it a go.

I did wonder if I was done with the women against the elements trope (Yellowjackets, Class of '07 etc) but I liked previous sitcoms written by Caroline Moran and read the glowing Guardian review so decided to give it a go.

Its no Raised by Wolves (written by Caroline and her sister Caitlin) but it continues to focus on a cast of working class female characters from the Midlands with plenty of dark humour.

The plot switches between pre and post apocalypse as it usually does in this kind of programme but it's interesting enough to keep interests afloat episode to episode.

There's also a fab mid noughties pop soundtrack for anyone wishing to revisit the solo career of Rachel Stephens.

What a refreshing change. A comedy that doesn't take itself too seriously and just goes for daft laughs. It's not highbrow and yes I'm sure the accents will turn some people off. But being a Black Country lad, I say give it a go. Yow've nowt to lose. It's rude, very cringey and a bit stupid but that's what makes it fun. We need something like this amid today's doom and gloom and overly elevated comedies. It's a nice short run so easy to binge. And for a change, has really likeable characters that you want to root for and randomly, Danny Dyer also shows up? Try it. You might just like it......But keep away from those crab measles guys!

Talked into watching this by my wife, I thought it would be dull, have poor jokes and be a general waste of time. I was very wrong. Found myself laughing throughout the whole series.

Really quite funny, with frequent laugh-out-loud moments. The girls in it are all good in their own way. Can't fault it. Surprised it has such a low rating. Definitely doesn't deserve the rating it has at this point in time.

Don't know what else to say. It was a good series. Well worth a watch. I don't need to go on about it. Glad it was a group of girls from Birmingham. Reminded me of Bridesmaids meets Shaun of the Dead.

Watch it.