Jane Redfern

Despite the shortcomings in the plot, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet has been the best "new" British drama on TV this year. Its return, whilst critically not quite living up to its previous two series, has still been very welcome indeed.

The format may at first glance appear to have been done before. Shows which involve us laughing at some punter pranking Joe Public are not unheard of. But Dom Joly, the star of Trigger Happy TV, manages to exploit this "genre", with an exquisite sense of humour.