Mutual Friends
- TV comedy drama
- BBC One
- 2008
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Comedy drama which followed the trials and tribulations and entangled lives of a group of old friends. Marc Warren and Alexander Armstrong starred. Stars Marc Warren, Keeley Hawes, Alexander Armstrong, Alistair Petrie, Rhashan Stone and more.
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The first thing that struck me was that the casting seems a bit back-to-front - doesn't Warren normally play the fun-loving, love 'em and leave 'em types? He certainly does it well in Hustle. Here, unfortunately, an actor who is so brilliant at playing gregarious characters is lumbered with an absolute dullard while Armstrong gets all the fun. And Patrick is fun to watch (especially against the tetchy and rather dislikable duo of Martin and Jen. Okay, especially Jen).
There's an assumption in TV circles that comedy-dramas are generally comedies that don't have enough jokes. Here, I think, the intention was probably always simply to make something solid, frothy and diverting, and on those rather unambitious levels it certainly succeeded. It was popcorn TV, and didn't pretend to be anything more.
Anna Lowman, TV Scoop, 26th August 2008Friends like these
Preview article from The Independent: The BBC is hoping that its new series Mutual Friends will match the success of Cold Feet
James Rampton, The Independent, 19th August 2008