Radio Times review

Life isn't exactly turning out as planned for 20-something Marcella (Roisin Conaty). She wants to be an actor, but has ended up in "communications" (she delivers post) and spends her weekends overindulging in fried chicken and sambuca.

However, with a birthday on the horizon, she decides that something needs to change. Cue enrolment with a strait-laced life coach who believes that all her problems would be solved if she found the right man.

Happily, our fiery protagonist isn't having any of it, preferring to mastermind her own, alternative fresh start in quick-witted, raucous fashion.

Game Face has the potential to become a hit if it gets the green light.

Comedian Roisin Conaty and Mike Wozniak, who played Greg Davies's best mates in the hit C4 comedy Man Down, are reunited in this sitcom pilot, written by Conaty herself. She plays Marcella, a chaotic under-achiever and compulsive liar who's hoping to make a fresh start with the help of a life coach, a wonderfully straight-faced Wozniak.

Alcohol, fried chicken and an old enemy from school somehow conspire to derail all Marcella's best-laid plans. If you've caught Conaty's stand-up show or any of her panel-game appearances you'll know she's a natural (she won the Best Newcomer award at Edinburgh in 2010).

So while this pilot boasts flashbacks, bad country and western and even a cameo from East 17's Brian Harvey, it's Conaty's own brashly unsinkable personality that pulls it all together.

GameFace, TV review

Roisin Conaty shoves a series' worth of plot into 22 minutes.