Edge of Heaven

This recently became available on BritBox and I thought I'd give it a try. I like Marcia Warren and Adrian Scarborough. The first episode was amusing enough for me to recommend it to family members. I became more and more disenchanted as the episodes went on. I had to stop watching in episode three when it just got too ridiculous. I finally geared myself up to continue watching to see how far I'd be able to get. Not very far. In order to maintain whatever sanity I have left, I had to call it quits in episode four. While there are some amusing parts, "Alfie" is a spineless main character who deserves anything bad that comes his way!

This show is a slow burner but it got better as the series went on. Blake Harrison is a great actor as is Adrian Scarborough and along with Louisa Lytton put it great performances they should be on TV more. Conduri was excellent as the fiery Judy. The plots were a bit obvious and could be less obvious. But its a warm and nice it would have helped if it had a different time slot. It had lots of innuendos as jokes but I found the show quite enjoyable. There was some clunky acting at times but there is something likable about the characters. The character of Alfie would have been friend zoned in the real world and it would have perhaps been better if he liked Carly but she had friend zoned him with Alfie trying to get out of the friend zone but ending up with (Louisa Lytton's) Michelle.

I really enjoyed this series. Not sure why it didn't continue. It was very funny and entertaining. Loved all of the characters.

I'm being kind. It starts off with a very weak premise - a Wham! Fan who runs a Wham! Featured B&B.

The writer is clearly a magpie of sorts, lifting ideas that he's seen elsewhere. I'm not calling this plagiarism, but it lacks any originality at all.

I wanted to like it. It was unwatchable. I got to the second episode and, as it was clear the writer(s) had run out of gags, had made characters too shallow to base anything on, and had run out of ideas, I decided that I had run out of time and there are better things to do with my life. Like, for example, not watching any more tripe written by this "comedy" writer.

OK it won't change your life, but this a pleasant, good-hearted way to spend an hour. It's not a sitcom so much as light comedy drama. Some performances are a bit ropey but there are some good solid actors here and Blake Harrison has a winning way with him and deserves his own series after The Inbetweeners. It also looks pretty good – the best side of Margate it's true but a fair reflection of its best side. It was a bit clunky in the first episode as everyone was introduced but it'll probably improve with time as everyone relaxes and their "quirks" are taken for granted. Take a chance – better than Jonathan Creek on the other side anyway.