Morgana Robinson's The Agency

I can be a tad cynical. A bit grumpy. Miserable, really. Yet this series made me laugh. I can hardly believe it: laughter on a Monday! It's framed as a documentary about a talent agency called Mann Management, but that's just an excuse for Morgana Robinson to show off her uncanny, brilliant impressionist skills. Every famous person who is repped by the agency is played by Robinson: Joanna Lumley, Russell Brand, Danny Dyer, Mel and Sue, Adele and more, but her best and most prominent impersonation is poor old Natalie Cassidy - better known as "Sonia from EastEnders".

She plays Cassidy as a frumpy, simple woman who cares for her obese father in a dingy house in the suburbs. It would be a cruel portrayal were it not so funny. Cassidy is naïve and thinks she's a global superstar. She's looking forward to an awards ceremony where EastEnders has been nominated as best soap for the millionth year in a row, so she goes round the charity shops with her oafish dad to find a nice frock.

No one is safe from Morgana the mimic

In Morgana Robinson's The Agency, the comic shares her surreal impressions of famous folk. It's all about finding that 'hidden something' in her subjects, she explains.

An actor working in impressions builds a house on generally unfunny sand and, mindful of that, Morgana Robinson has tried to give her show a bit of additional conceptual weight. Her idea is a mockumentary following clients at a fictional talent agency which represents all the celebs she impersonates, such as Mel and Sue and Joanna Lumley. Maybe too much prominence is given to Natalie Cassidy, but the Gregg Wallace stuff is pretty decent.

Morgana Robinson's The Agency preview

It seems simplistic to call The Agency an impressions show. For Morgana Robinson is less a straightforward mimic than she is a caricaturist, creating exaggerated characters only loosely based on celebrities' real personalities. And this is a fine format for her talents.

Morgana Robinson interview

I don't like my Gregg Wallace impersonation. "I think it feels very sketchy, unlike the other characters that have more narrative. I feel it's the odd one out and I think it's my weakest impression."

Morgana Robinson's The Agency preview

Whether you're watching with the sound off or your eyes closed, you'll be in no doubt as to who Morgana is portraying. Each sketch is brilliantly written and performed and I really hope that 2016 is the year that Morgana Robinson's talents finally get recognised.

Morgana Robinson interview

Impressionist Morgana reveals all about her Bake Off banter with Mary Berry that was judged too saucy for television.

Preview: Morgana Robinson's The Agency

We're happy to report that the wait has been worth it. This might just be the show that makes Morgana Robinson a household name, and if so, it would be very well-deserved.

TV preview: Morgana Robinson's The Agency

The only sketch that really stood out, however, was the idea of the inseparable Mel and Sue (Robinson plays both) living together with Mel's husband Tim.

Preview: Morgana Robinson's The Agency, BBC2

Morgana Robinson has been on the cusp of fame for a few years now. She had her own character-comedy show The Morgana Show six years ago and since then has been cropping up in shows such as House of Fools, The Windsors and Charlie Brooker's Wipe programmes where she did a mean Russell Brand.