British Comedy Guide

New Town

Did anyone catch this on BBC Four? It is a new comedy thriller by the great Annie Griffin, set among the architects and such like of Edinburgh. Very stylish, if not positively over the top.

The curious thing is that it is a six part serial, and they have only made the one episode as a pilot. So the viewer was left completely hanging.

Now I am not sure whether to congratulate BBC for finding the resources for such an expensive experiment, or to berate them for leading on the viewer without having the balls to back the series all the way.

Oooo. I've seen the pilot recently. I thought it was great. So many well carved-out, odd characters. And beautifully shot.

*watches again*

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