Cardinal Burns, TV review

Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns get tone spot on in second series of sketch show.

Cardinal Burns interview each other

The superbly silly sketch duo are back with a second series of their Bafta-nominated Channel 4 show. So, who better to interview Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns than themselves?

Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns return for a second series of superior sketch comedy as Cardinal Burns. Turkish taxi drivers Bukake and Hashtag are a treat, taking on the 80s buddy action series mantle with aplomb. The rather super take on The Crystal Maze is also immensely pleasing, as is scripted-reality TV show spoof Young Dreams. Banksy is back too, and this time he's taking his stepson Daniel on a guerrilla graffiti mission to spray paint a burger on to a horse, providing a searing comment on the horsemeat scandal.

Radio Times review

The breakout comedy hit of 2012 returns, switching from E4 to C4. Those who remember series one sketches such as the projectile-vomiting cops and the zombies who liked to eat unusual parts of the carcass might wonder if the big channel would tone Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns down.

There's nothing too shocking in the new series opener, and there'll be more focus on longer sketches with returning characters this year, but what counts is the feel, the tone. Cardinal Burns has a sexy physicality and an air of unpredictability that's in thrilling contrast to most sketch shows' carefully weighted observations.

They're given full rein here in the tales of two parodically direct office flirts, and a pair of Turkish minicab drivers starring in a Professionals-style erotic caper. At their best, the duo provoke not a polite titter, but a sudden guttural roar.

Cardinal Burns can do honed gems, too, though: sketch of the week features a brilliantly cruel Mark Cousins parody, earnestly interviewing a bog-standard office temp as if he were a megastar.

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A move from E4, where sketch duo Cardinal Burns's debut series was shown, to Channel 4 is a significant jump. A bigger budget (one presumes), a broader target demographic and the confidence of your employers should act as a fillip to performers; on the evidence of last night's opener to their second series, that confidence was well placed.

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