Intelligence is a new dark UK/US comedy about the intelligence services, starring David Schwimmer as a decidedly "Not Ross from Friends" type - brash, pompous, NSA agent Jerry Bernstein. Bernstein (who boasts having predicted 9/11) is transferred to our own cybercrime-tackling GCHQ in Cheltenham, only to find it peopled by a bunch of misfits, led by Chris (Sylvestra Le Touzel) and including over-friendly Joseph (Nick Mohammed, who also wrote the show).

A lot of the comedy in Intelligence comes from supposedly hyper-contrasting US and UK characteristics, which at first made it feel stiff and dated. The funniest moments came from Bernstein lording it over the Brits: "There's still this sense that I've wandered on to an abandoned farm." By the end of the double-episode opener, Intelligence (already commissioned for a second series) had warmed up considerably as a horror show of office dynamics.

Nick Mohammed pens and stars in this new comedy set within the secretive confines of the GCHQ cybersecurity team - a close-knit group of misfits whose subdued, biscuit-eating existence is disrupted by the arrival of American NSA agent Jerry (David Schwimmer). In this opening double bill, the culture clash begins as Jerry tries to enlist the group in a spot of team building before Mohammed accidentally deletes all the personnel files, forcing everyone to redo their aptitude tests - with worrying results.

Intelligence review - David Schwimmer is so squandered

The former Friends star and comic Nick Mohammed fight cyber-terrorism in Sky's comedy ... but their one-dimensional script and boilerplate plot are totally criminal.

Intelligence review, Sky One

David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed are the odd couple in this workplace comedy.

TV preview: Intelligence, Sky One

It is not surprise that Sky has already ordered a second series.

Interview: Intelligence's Nick Mohammed

'I saw GCHQ at careers fairs -- they would never let me in'.