This is Sarah Millican's first steps into a television series of her own, after appearing on nearly every panel show under the sun!

There have been complaints from some quarters that Sarah Millican's possibly the most overexposed comedian currently around. I personally don't think that's the case. Yes, she appears on a lot of panel shows, but she always the guest - she doesn't host any or appear as a team captain, unlike David Mitchell for example.

The Sarah Millican Television Programme is part stand-up, part talk show. Each show covers two different television genres, this week being "animals" and "dating", with the guidance of a guest expert (Chris Packham and Tracey Cox respectively). It has to be said that she seemed to look a bit uncomfortable dealing with this format and perhaps the given material, but I don't doubt she'll soon cope with it as the series goes along.

Millican is certainly funny and the show is very good, but it does have one or two problems, namely with video cameras. There's annoying gimmickry with the "Millicam" in which a video camera is sent into the studio audience and certain people answer Millican's questions. The main problem, though, is that they also filmed the audience members holding the Millicam, so the Millicam instantly becomes redundant...

Then there was Sarah's guest interview with her own father Phillip, during which she wore a silly headcam, which gets one laugh at the beginning but then of course just becomes rather tiresome.

However, other than those minor issues, I'd recommend you giving The Sarah Millican Television Programme a viewing.

They've run out of ­panel shows to put her on... time to proceed to the next level. So hey there ­Geordie girl... it's The Sarah Millican Television Programme.

BBC2 could do a lot worse. Sarah's funny. In a good way...

It takes her precisely 1min 51 seconds to get to her favourite subject... "my boyfriend". Followed by a great guest... her dad. And then a sex expert called Tracey Cox.

Make your own jokes...

Sarah Millican: Ticking all the wrong boxes

I'm not sure this is the format to take Sarah Millican to the next level. On first viewing it looks like the producers have attempted to cross So Graham Norton with Harry Hill's TV Burp and come up with a mess with no legs.

Well, The Sarah Millican Television Programme made me laugh. Her delivery is a bit tele-prompter stiff for the straight-to-camera sections and the format is a bit woolly (bit of Harry Hill telly commentary, bit of Graham Norton tease-the-guest), but she's funny. "A four-foot child can fit in the mouth of a hippopotamus," she said, apropos of nothing. "I'm guessing that whoever found that out isn't allowed to baby-sit anymore."

The Sarah Millican Television Programme review

I suppose it all boils down to whether you think comedy is personal or not, but either way, this just doesn't do it for me.

Sarah Millican Television Programme was hard to dislike

The Sarah Millican Television Programme saw the Geordie comedian do a nice line in filth, though on occasion she plays it a little too safe.

The Sarah Millican Television Show, BBC Two, review

Bernadette McNulty enjoys the opening episode of The Sarah Millican Television Show (BBC Two).

Sarah Millican Television Programme review

Where The Sarah Millican Television Programme trips over its over-intricate petticoats is with the added extras around her own act, which has been mulched into a mixture both oddly mainstream and over-cluttered with half-baked ideas.

Review: Sarah Millican Television Programme

The BBC seem keen to get a female face headlining a lighthearted comedy/chat show of this type. Maybe they've found the right person in Sarah Millican, who carries a certain appeal to both sexes. I'm just not sure the strength of her material's consistent enough.

The Sarah Millican Television Programme, BBC Two

A so-so start to the stand-up's debut series.