This dark new comedy sees musical funnyman Nick Helm (Live At The Electric) play Andy, a jobless musician whose plans for suicide are interrupted when he's drafted in to look after his 12-year-old nephew. Episode one sees a bizarre escape from footy practice for nephew Errol (Elliot Spencer-Gillott), as Andy embarks on his own shambling reimagining of About A Boy. Posing as a single dad in an attempt to win back his ex only leads to more trouble for the hapless uncle and his glum charge, however.

There's a touching pathos to the dark humour in this promising new comedy starring Nick Helm as heartbroken musician Andy.

A gnan's whisker away from killing himself, Andy makes a split-second decision to answer the phone - which lands him with a nephew he hardly knows, played with deadpan style by Elliot Spencer-Gillott.

As events send them spinning from footie pitch to gay bar, the pair forge a bond founded on mutual disinterest, blackmail, lies and... a semi-naked male dance troupe.

Radio Times review

It's the familiar buddy-comedy dynamic: two contrasting characters are reluctantly thrust together by circumstance. Initially, they can't stand each other, but as the frost thaws a semblance of a relationship starts to bloom. In this case it's slobby, boozy Andy (Nick Helm) and his sickly, smart-arse nephew Errol - the kind of kid who says things like "I hate cartoons, they give me a headache".

In this opener, Andy is suicidal after being dumped by his girlfriend, but it's hard to find sympathy for him as he blunders about lying through his teeth, hitting the bottle while driving and trying to repair his rather unconvincing relationship with his ex. It's not particularly subtle, but Errol is a great little character and the unexpected musical interludes provide a satisfying injection of quirkiness.

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