Javone Prince

The Javone Prince Show, TV review

A racially astute comedy show from a young talent who deserves to be a star.

Javone Prince interview

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The Javone Prince Show preview

At the press preview, Javone Prince spoke about how honoured he was to be handed a series by BBC Two and recalled the moment he told his his mum over Christmas dinner.

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Javone Prince interview

One of the most underrated sitcoms in my opinion of the past few years has been PhoneShop. I caught up with Javone Prince who plays Jerwayne to find out what's in store for Series 3. Here's what he had to say...

Two Phoneshop stars (Javone Prince and Steve Brody) have already popped up tonight in Life's Too Short, but this is a bad night for a returning sitcom.

After the first series, you'll already know if Phoneshop's mix of overblown urban patois and crude sexual references is your cup of tea, but tonight's episode starts strong with Jerwayne and Ashley riffing on the theme of lunch options.

If you don't speak street-slang, the few English phrases you do recognise like "M&S Simply range" and "Taste The Difference," leap out at you from the babble to hilarious effect.

You'll also notice there's absolutely no mention of the actual business of selling phones. (Don't tell me they've exhausted all the Pay As You Go jokes already!)

Instead, the male staff become escorts while Janine (Emma Fryer) takes her social life upmarket. You'll have no trouble spotting the moment it ends up back in the gutter.

There was a lot of love on Channel 4's website following the pilot for PhoneShop, which is just as well, because it had been greenlit for a full series before it even went to air.

This well observed, sharply written comedy reunites Ashley and Jerwayne (Andrew Brooke and Javone Prince) to spout more incomprensible rapid-fire banter.

Having survived the infamous one-day trial, Newman (Tom Bennett) is now an official employee and Pay As You Go girl Janine (Emma Fryer) longs to be taken seriously enough to be assistant manager.

Thankfully, there's no mention of manager Lance's sex addiction tonight. Instead, he's fixated on legendary former employee Gary Patel, who is currently at Her Majesty's Pleasure. Meanwhile, a visit from rivals in Croydon forces them all to close ranks to battle the outsiders.

It's very funny, but viewers outside London whose ears aren't assaulted by urban youth-speak every day might want need reassurance that yes, we are still in Britain.