I thought that it showed definite promise. I did, however, find the London office of what I guessed to be The Home Office, far too slick for Whitehall though - nobody's *that* well dressed!
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That were ace, that.
Missed the first few minutes though so didn't see any London bits. 
Will have to watch a repeat.
The characterisation's great. The Samuel Barnett role really reminds me of a former colleague and the irritating girl couldn't be more civil servanty if she tried. Ditto the HR woman.
Sadly Danny reminded me of me when I had a job I didn't understand. I wasn't high on drugs though.
Quote: zooo @ 1st July 2015, 11:40 AM BSTSadly Danny reminded me of me when I had a job I didn't understand. I wasn't high on drugs though.
I often feel like that at work.
Do you recall that episode of 'Black Books' where Fran gains employment in an office and isn't sure what she's supposed to do?
Lol, I think so. Maybe it's more common than I thought, then.
Quote: zooo @ 1st July 2015, 1:20 PM BSTLol, I think so. Maybe it's more common than I thought, then.
I experienced that feeling about ten years ago when I joined a post where the two predecessors were taking early severance. I never really knew what was going on and used to attend EU meetings feeling flummoxed.
Here's a review from the seminal Whitehall publication 'Civil Service World' https://www.civilserviceworld.com/articles/culture/uncivil-service-channel-4%E2%80%99s-new-whitehall-comedy-reviewed
I like this new series very much. It's nicely paced, intelligently and imaginatively written, and there are no 'desperate for a laugh' lines thrown into the script by the writer, D.C. Moore, who will I hope soon be able to give up his job in the Police Service and concentrate on writing full-time.
Quote: Rood Eye @ 1st July 2015, 3:03 PM BSTI like this new series very much. It's nicely paced, intelligently and imaginatively written, and there are no 'desperate for a laugh' lines thrown into the script by the writer, D.C. Moore, who will I hope soon be able to give up his job in the Police Service and concentrate on writing full-time.
Is he/she any relation to Dee Cee Lee?
I'll Google 'em. I've never encountered the name before.
I thought it might be interesting to see places around Northampton,seeing as I used to live there but apparently this was filmed entirely in and around Glasgow.
Quote: Lee @ 1st July 2015, 3:55 PM BSTI thought it might be interesting to see places around Northampton,seeing as I used to live there but apparently this was filmed entirely in and around Glasgow.
I was wondering where it was filmed too. I think that it was deliberately bland and generic to add to the ambience.
Thanks for the reorienting facilitation 
(from the other thread)
Good to hear the 'no one knows what they're doing' stuff is realistic.
Great cast, brilliant writing. This looks very promising. Succeeds as a comedy and a drama.
I liked it, and hope it builds on the strong groundwork they've laid in the opener. Some big laughs, and nice performances, especially from the Jeffries character.
A couple of early annoyances for me (which might disappear later) are some of the silly words in the banter, which I found jarring, and the occasional use of unnecessarily shaky camera-work.
What were the silly words? (If you can remember any!)
Do you mean the girl no one wanted to sit next to, I do remember her saying some strange stuff.
There were a couple that Danny said, when initially meeting with Nathanial, which sounded too self-consciously 'manager speak done silly' for my liking. Yes, Jenny also used some, which I actually thought were OK in context, but did add to an overall feeling of jarring IMO.
YMMV.
But it's a small, and possibly personal, niggle.