The pick of the closing double-bill in Sky Atlantic's hit-and-miss comedy shorts is Nell, Ted And Marlon, which takes a tongue-in-cheek swipe at the petty jealousies and grandiose ambitions in a community centre singing group. Choir members are delighted when rapper Marlon (Daniel Lawrence Taylor) spices up their repertoire - but he strikes all the wrong chords with choir-master Ted (Danny Morgan), particularly when fiery-locked Nell (Eri Jackson) gets hands-on instruction from the charismatic stranger.

The Common Ground comedy series, for which all episodes are set in the same stretch of south London, draws to a close with two more short films. In the main it's been a success with the majority of the stories working well. Tonight's double bill opens with the amusing Nell, Ted and Marlon in which Marlon (Daniel Lawrence Taylor), who claims to be a former member of garage and hip-hop group So Solid Crew, arrives to give guest lessons at a local singing class and becomes infatuated with Nell (Eri Jackson) and her oddly protective brother Ted (Danny Morgan). The wry Barry stars Alex Lowe as an old man who decides to live out a long forgotten bucket list when his wife dumps him - leaving his daughter (Linda Robson) a little perplexed.

Off the Hook follows a group of freshers as they embark upon a new life at university. Stock student behaviour such as partying, slovenliness, unrequited love and stealing your flatmate's provisions are all present and correct, the last of which providing a neat and unexpected plot twist when the purloined pint of milk turned out to contain a bacteria sample.

Jonathan Bailey as Danny has the thankless task of playing straight man to the various inadequates, slackers, party monsters and misfits he shares digs with, but he pulls it off with considerable charm. Danny Morgan as his brash, insensitive mate Shane is a little too reminiscent of Smithy from Gavin and Stacey for my liking, but was horribly watchable nonetheless.

If the protagonists and set ups aren't wildly original, Off the Hook does capture that curious combination of innocence, invincibility and imbecility typical of many 18-year-olds away from home for the first time.

Having debuted, as Fresh, on the BBC's Switch website last year, this surprisingly funny youth-oriented sitcom about a group of university freshers makes its transition from internet to terrestrial television this afternoon (it's also being shown on BBC Three on Thursday evenings). Episode one introduces us to Danny (Jonathan Bailey), a new student full to the brim with the promise of romantic, social and academic success - and about to be sent reeling by the arrival, via clearing, of his freeloading best friend Shane (Danny Morgan).