I Hate You, review

It wouldn't be unreasonable to raise questions of authenticity, having a middle-aged bloke write for two young women, but this isn't that sort of a comedy. Realism isn't important here.

TV review: Toast Of Tinseltown, Episode 3, The Scorecard

I think Toast Of Tinseltown is my favourite comedy on television at the moment.

Actor slams fellow sitcom star

Colin McFarlane has spoken of his disappointment about a new sitcom he starred in on the BBC. The Lincoln actor said the prime-time BBC One show Parents of the Band was badly edited and not given the publicity it needed to succeed.

A new family drama for BBC1, created by Jimmy Nail and Tarquin Gotch, in which a trio of teenagers form a rock band in order to lark around and attract some girls. So far, so CBBC; the primetime addition comes from the parents, an ambitious bunch who are keen to turn their boys into money-spinning starlets. They include a pop star turned cabinet maker played by Nail; an entrepreneurial single mother played by Niky Wardley, and - by far the best turn in the show - a lawyer with haute couture pretensions played by Colin McFarlane. Judging by this first episode, the series is more a situation in search of a comedy than anything else, aiming simultaneously for Skins and Desperate Housewives viewers, and falling a little short of both.