Alice and Doug have gone their separate ways, but one think still links them, their son Joe. Both Alice and Doug have met new people, but moving on proves difficult as there's still a little spark left.
It sounds lovely on paper, a sweet family comedy about two people separated, but still with a bit of feeling there. Amanda Holden is gorgeous, and a recent performance in Marple shows she's to be taken seriously. The same applied to Theakston, tall, dark and handsome, and a decent performance in the Agatha Christie series.
However....this comedy, it pains me to even use the word in this review. Let me put it like this, you've been invited on a holiday with friends, the weather is supposed to be good, you're all excited and there are a host of activities, sadly all is not as it seems, you've argued, one friend has food poisoning, one's lost their voice and is on tablets and the others have argued, the weather has gone downhill and the electricity has gone off, that feeling what this show does to you.
First off, the excruciating song, Theakston, you have a lovely face, but a horrendous voice, Amanda, the same goes for you. The jokes are diabolical, the timing is non existent, and some of the cast cannot act. All except young Sancha, the one ray of sunshine in the whole thing.
Millions watched it, you can imagine their disappointment, mercifully it was axed before it could cause any more torment. That torment would return in 5 years, when Holden would start in Top Hat, another nail in the BBC coffin of calamitous comedy.
2/10.
