James Gent

Solo: The Complete Series on DVD (Link expired)

As such, Solo is a sitcom of some integrity, albeit not many big laughs; a mature and thoughtful slow-burner before Lane's sitcoms became a miasma of battle-of-the-sexes bitterness and hysterical caricatures, and an interesting addition to the specifically English, middle class genre of the 'sadcom' where the mass of men - and women - lead lives of quiet desperation...

James Gent, Tachyon TV, 5th May 2012

Mixed Blessings Series One on DVD (Link expired)

As Mixed Blessings - on the evidence of this first series - doesn't really exploit its central premise in any truly progressive fashion, it can only really be judged on its merits as a slice of mainstream situation comedy. As such, it's a decidedly average entry in the canon and not hard to see why it hasn't troubled TV comedy historians - or even the UK Gold graveyard shift - over the subsequent decades.

James Gent, Tachyon TV, 21st March 2012