Hard on the heels of her gritty recent turn in BBC One’s Time, Jodie Whittaker takes on a very different role in this grippy six-part Australian drama. And what a surprise it proves to be – Cathy’s come home. Now, as they return for a new run, it’s all change again as Beth (Arabella Weir), Eric (Alex Norton), Christine (Elaine C Smith) and the rest of the neighbours turn up at Colin’s for a surprise birthday party he’s arranged for Anne-Marie. It was a departure that might have scuppered a lesser sitcom but, happily, the residents of Latimer Crescent rallied when Siobhan Redmond stepped in as the utterly unhinged Anne-Marie – a new, and very different, partner for the abandoned Colin (Jonathan Watson), which ended up giving the comedy a whole new dynamic. Proof of that came last season when Doon Mackichan quit her key role as the buttock-clenchingly awful Cathy. That’s largely down to sparklingly obtuse scripts by Simon Carlyle (who died in August) and Gregor Sharp, and a superb ensemble cast who rarely miss an opportunity to, collectively, make the most of a good line. Despite a format so antiquated it could be set in the 1970s, this sitcom about a gang of mismatched but tight-knit Glaswegian neighbours consistently delivers in terms of raucous comedy.
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