Zawe Ashton shines in this promising comedy drama

I think it'll be interesting to see where DC Moore takes the programme now that he's established the main characters, and there's definitely enough intrigue for me to stick with the show for another episode.

After playing one of TV's most vivid characters - the cool/cruel student Vod in Fresh Meat - Zawe Ashton had earned the chance of a leading role in this highly anticipated six-parter by promising dramatist DC Moore. The recession-sensitive plot has Ashton as one of a group of civil servants unwillingly relocated from London to Northampton as part of government cuts who are finding that money and love are no easier in the provinces.