Can't find a thread for The New Statesman so will start one.
I always knew of this sitcom but didn't realise how little I'd seen (remembered?) until last week, on holiday, when I took the box set along to fill in the gaps between the coverage of the election for President of the Universe.
Anyway, it is brilliant. I mean not just funny but far, far cleverer and more subverted and evil than I ever expected it to be. Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran pulled off what is a truly genius sitcom.
I saw the stage show a couple of years ago and that was very good too. It was a bit bizarre watching, because I was aware of the character in quite a lot of detail but couldn't honestly say I had seen a single episode previously!
Still have the last five episodes to watch but I thought it was awesome and I thought it needed saying on here. For reference if nothing else.
Dan