Ricky Gervais

The Ricky Gervais show, review

Chances are you noticed the furore surrounding Ricky Gervais's hosting of this year's Golden Globes ceremony.

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Potty-mouthed Dublin matriarch Mrs Brown - the creation of comedian Brendan O'Carroll - is a phenomenon in her native land, where she's the star of numerous comic novels and six stage shows. This sitcom is Mrs Brown's first appearance on British screens, where she is liable to startle the uninitiated with the rudimentary nature of her comedy: an old-fashioned blend of silly voices and slapstick, played out in front of a live studio audience who collapse into giggles at the mere mention of the word "willy". O'Carroll won't care what the critics say - the show's already topped the ratings in Ireland - but Mrs Brown's Boys does feel uncomfortably similar to the awful hokey sitcom that Ricky Gervais's character mugged his way through in Extras.

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In the style of Mock The Week, with guests straight off Have I Got News For You and a format borrowed from that other topical debut of the week, 10 O'Clock Live, this new panel show has launched itself in an already overcrowded genre.

And with in-depth discussion of Jordan's latest failed marriage and in-depth handling of some stress-ball breasts, That Sunday Night Show clearly had its brows aimed significantly lower than any of the aforementioned shows.

In this episode, Kevin Bridges, Catherine Tate and John Prescott joined host Adrian Chiles to discuss everything from Ricky Gervais' performance at the Golden Globes to the suspension of the Education Maintenance Allowance for young people, as the emollient Max Clifford and Piers Morgan were wheeled on to comment.

But if the range of topics covered was impressive, the profundity with which they were discussed was something else, as the time constraints of the show allowed only for a cursory glance to be cast over each of the subjects.

So, with the comedy already covered on 10 O'Clock Live, interviews carried out competently on Piers Morgan's latest venture and the serious stuff sorted by Have I Got News For You, can there really be any place for this slapdash and skin-deep attempt from ITV? Unless it changes its tack, this show will find itself superfluous to requirements pretty quickly.