Lazy Susan

Let's face it, it is Smack The Pony with new girls! A short-fire sketch show, ending with a parody of songs.

That's not to say it is bad, but it's definitely not original. They were funny in The Windsor.

Slightly more surreal that Smack The Pony - like Monty Python at times, but it's still funny, and very silly.

Maybe their aim was to bring Smack up to date now the girls are getting on - Phillips is a presenter on morning tv!

The girls are talented, but I question the need to repeat Smack. We could do something original like Dead Pixels or Spaced.

Like Fresh Meat is a re- invention of The Young Ones, all the good ideas seem to have been taken now. Who knows where the next truely original format comes from?

Well somebody obviously liked the pilot enough to commission a season. Or is it just that there is a huge BBC II! (aka BBC THREE) schedule to fill now that the channel has returned to the TV?

The pilot left me cold and s1ep1 was even more irritating. The comedy is pretty basic. You either like/love this because you like/love the two leads or, like me, you dislike/loathe it because your dislike/loathe the two leads.

The radio station sketch in s1ep1 is the perfect example of just how dire this effort is.

Next slide please.

Dring & Parker's weird little sketch show got quite a belated commission for the relaunch of BBC Three based on their Comedy pilot from 2019 (and Edinburgh buzz) - the humour here is brilliantly silly and can get quite existentially weird. There's a nice contemporary vibe in there as well, especially with their musical pastiches which are largely fantastic. I'd love to see a longer form thing from them as the little micro episodes here never seem to give you quite enough. The brevity fits some sketches, but leaves others feeling aimless. Would love to see a Catterick-style surrealist narrative from the duo!

Excellent sketch comedy. Such brilliant characters that I loved getting to know throughout the series. Very witty and at times surreal. Proper laugh out loud. Oh and the songs at the end of each episode are the icing on the cake. Please release these on Spotify!

Two incredibly talented women, really original material and a great addition to the new BBC3 line up. Sketch hotline in particular was brilliant. Really hope to see more!

To be honest, the only thing I'm finding funnier than then right now are all the bitter men slithering out of nowhere to trash them.