Damon Beesley

hmv.com talks to the cast and creator of White Gold

With the first series having completed its run on BBC Two, White Gold arrives in store on Monday and just as the series was about to air, we sat down with Damon, Joe, Ed and James to talk about their new show...

White Gold: banter, larks and Thatcher's Britain

Inbetweeners alumni reunite for a laddish 80s comedy that is a bewildering throwback to an era best forgotten.

The script was mannered and dirty-mouthed, though the lines came so fast that there were bound to be some laughs. But Ed Westwick's character Vincent Swan, a toerag who parks his flash motor on double yellow lines with a disabled badge, is too slimy to be a likeable rogue.

This territory was covered far more cleverly during the Thatcher years by Harry Enfield, and David Jason, of course, in Only Fools And Horses. This isn't a complete failure, but it's crude and blunt instead of polished and sharp.

White Gold - a sweary banterfest

The new BBC Two sitcom stars two of The Inbetweeners and Gossip Girl's Chuck Bass, aka Ed Westwick, as double glazing salesmen - and they're all brilliant.

White Gold: Gossip Girl star doesn't fit 1980s Essex

"Chuck Bass! It's Chuck Bass!" was my principal reaction to the first episode of new BBC comedy White Gold. And it was hard to get beyond that.

White Gold review

It's hard to see the joy in watching three hours of awful people being awful, but it wouldn't be the first time we've been asked to do just that. Here's hoping the groundwork done here was worth it, and that's not the case this time.

White Gold review

If you've never seen The Inbetweeners, you'll find this comedy hilarious. But if you have...

5 White Gold moments that are like The Inbetweeners

From indecent exposure to weak bladders - Damon Beesley's new BBC2 comedy feels very familiar indeed.

White Gold review: hollow and full of caricatures

Nice to look at but slightly hollow, White Gold isn't quite shoddy merchandise - but I'm not sure I'm buying what it's peddling.