Honey for Tea

The 90s were a time where Brits making fun of Yanks and vice versa was a comedy staple. In small doses it could be amusing, but when it's a show's crutch it's excruciating. And there we have Honey for Tea.

Felicity Kendall plays a British born American widow left penniless who moves to Cambridge to enroll her son in the college that her husband previously supported financially.

Kendall's American accent is perplexing and inconsistent, despite being married to an American at the time in real life. She has the acting and comedic chops to lead a sitcom, but the premise and writing of this show was so asinine not even she could save it. Not even if she dropped the accent...

Two out of touch spoiled (previously) nouveau riche Americans dropped in the stuffy, cold, antiquated world of British academics and the upper class with their traditions and prejudices. It truly is as unfunny as that sounds. Not one single character grounds this uninspired premise, nor does a single character elevate it through terrific comedic characterisation. It's a series of one dimensional, underdeveloped characters acting out the most anaemic script.

It is must see tv. You must see this for yourself to believe how awful it is.