Boat Story review

If Tarantino made a zombie film, you wouldn't see this much gore.

Boat Story review

Daisy Haggard's hilariously dark drama is worthy of Tarantino or the Coen brothers.

Boat Story review

Daisy Haggard and Paterson Joseph are the only reason to watch.

Boat Story review

BBC's pitch-black comedy falls short of its Coen Brothers ambitions.

Boat Story review

The Williams brothers bring Tarantino-esque gore to Yorkshire.

Harry & Jack Williams interview

The Fleabag executive producers have said they wanted to "go back to something simple and primal" with upcoming BBC series Boat Story, which comes at the back-end of an "era of peak TV when you start to feel every story is being told."

Harry and Jack Williams interview

Harry and Jack Williams, the duo behind the Phoebe Waller-Bridge hit Fleabag and a raft of 9pm dramas, on nurturing the next generation of writers.

Tripped is a new E4 comedy drama that focuses on two friends and a number of multiple dimensions. Tripped's lead characters are stoner Milo (George Webster) and his more responsible friend Danny (Blake Harrison) who has recently got engaged to girlfriend Kate (Georgina Campbell). Danny's decision to choose a work colleague over Milo as his best man leads to him getting stoned and then confused when a bearded version of his friend arrives in his front room warning him of various dangers. There begins a rather confusing first episode which plays like Quantum Leap meets Harold and Kumar as Danny and Milo start to play with time travel. The first alternate universe they encounter sees Danny become Kate's stalker and Milo welcoming the return of his dead grandmother however things get weird when she starts to come on to him. I did have high hopes for Tripped due to the fact that its co-written by The Missing's Jack and Harry Williams alongside Jamie Mathieson who has written for a number of different sci-fi shows. Unfortunately I never really got on board with Tripped as its key concept never appealed to me and its characters were rather one-dimensional. Although I liked the idea of two friends bonding together after several years apart, everything about the relationship between Danny and Milo was a little clichéd. Similarly I felt that the wonderful Georgina Campbell was once again wasted in the thankless girlfriend role just like she was in Sky One's After Hours. On the plus side I do feel that this is the first successful post-Inbetweeners vehicle for Blake Harrison after the disastrous Edge of Heaven and Big Bad World. George Webster is also a promising talent however I don't think he and Harrison shared much chemistry which hindered the majority of the story. Whilst I'm sure Tripped will find an audience, sadly I won't be one of them as I found it a rather lacklustre execution of a promising premise.