A surreal sitcom set on Jinsy, an island whose 762 residents are monitored by 1,067 tessellators. These tessellators include video cameras for surveillance as well as little screens to allow the residents to watch important island events, such as the tri-annual island cow wash (live from Glotters field). They also include a handy slot for paying fines, and a sphincter nozzle for product and pill downloads.

Arbiter Maven (the 17th Arbiter and 'Wearer of the Hat') is assisted by Operative Sporall (nice hair and 'Wearer of the Beige Suit'). From the Great Tower in the parish of Veen, they observe video feeds from the tessellators and keep a watchful eye on the residents.

In the pilot episode Maven and Sporall must travel to Old Jinsy to try and unite the inhabitants of the small land mass with the main island.

Our Review: Fans of surreal comedy are likely to find this inventive pilot an enjoyable watch. It is certainly the maddest and strangest comedy you're likely to watch this year.

The central focus of the show follows island leaders Maven and Sporall as they watch over the simple inhabitants and plan to install a monitoring device on Old Jinsy, a neighbouring island.

Whilst mostly sitcom, there is a sketch elemtn to This Is Jinsy: talking seagulls, a weather report, TV news, and 'traditional songs' intercut the story on a few (largely unobtrusive) occasions. Some of these sketches are comic gems - we found a couple of the songs rather catchy!

The show's concept is certainly grand - but it is perhaps too ambitious, as extensive use of CGI is required to create the world these characters exist in. Given that this is a pilot with a presumably fairly modest budget, the CGI is pretty impressive but, at times, it is still obvious some of the locations and action is computer generated. This can distract from the comedy, and stops us completely buying into the characters and their world. If given a full series, we hope the creators either scale back on the need for CGI by staging more of the action indoors, or manage to obtain a Hollywood-sized budget to bring their full imaginations to screen.