Fleabag: a gloriously rude update of Bridget Jones

Is eye-popping female sex comedy your sort of thing? If not, best look away now.

TV preview: Fleabag, BBC Three

Why do some TV comedies work while others fail to hit the mark? Don't ask me. If I knew I'd have a better job than this. Is it the writing? Is it the casting? Phoebe Waller-Bridge wrote and starred in C4 houseshare comedy Crashing and now BBC Three's Fleabag, and while the first one whiffed a bit the latest one is the real deal.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's second sitcom of the year is a more promising prospect than her first, the underpowered property-guardians comedy Crashing. Fleabag stars Waller-Bridge as a sexually, spiritually and career- confused twentysomething, who regularly breaks the fourth wall to divulge grisly details of one-night stands and other improprieties. On the face of it, she's not the most sympathetic of characters, but there's a deeper poignancy that reveals itself across this smart and sardonic series.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge interview

Here's what Phoebe had to say when I caught up with her for a chat...

Meet Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the British Lena Dunham

She's filthy-minded, desperate for connection and masturbates to Barack Obama while she watches the news ... BBC Three's new sitcom has a heroine who will chime with twentysomethings everywhere.