"Dad, Mum wants you - Rosie's hidden another poo." David Tennant and Jessica Hynes are the loving if beleaguered parents of a nine-year-old with severe learning disabilities, in this new series. It is drawn from the real-life experiences of its creator Shaun Pye, whose daughter was born in 2006 with a rare, undiagnosed chromosomal disorder. Although this is billed as a comedy-drama, the laughs are, like the aforementioned poo, rather deftly concealed amid the tough, very affecting subject matter and performances.

There She Goes review

David Tennant shines bright and believable as the flawed father of a daughter with a disability.

There She Goes, episode one review

The series doesn't slot easily into any given category, such as comedy, biopic, tragicomedy or drama, but that tends to make it the more intriguing and rewarding as a result.

There She Goes review

This sucker-punching sitcom nails the experience of raising a child with learning disabilities.

Review: There She Goes is an important piece of TV

Was BBC Four's new comedy There She Goes funny? No, not really. Was it an easy watch? No, not really. Did I enjoy it? I'm still not 100% sure if I'm honest. I already seem quite unqualified to be writing this review.

There She Goes: the brutal new comedy busting myths

This outrageously funny BBC Four show about raising a child with learning difficulties shines a light on the desolation often felt in early motherhood.

Writer Shaun Pye on There She Goes

"The idea of a sitcom about a girl with a severe learning disability made me shudder. Then I thought - why not?"

Static with Rob Beckett preview

In the end, the personalities win over the script's shortcomings and Static settles into the bland but likeable. Is that enough? Or will Static be going nowhere?