Great to see the Inbetweeners win best new TV comedy and the brilliant Simon Bird win best Comedy Male newcomer at the recent British comedy awards.
It’s a show I have only seen over the last couple of months having missed it when it first aired on E4 but I am an enthusiatic convert.
Pacey, recognisable and above all funny it proves two things, i)that young talented comedy writers are not as rare as many would have us believe and ii)that the influence of Ricky Gervais on modern British comedy is astonishing.
Btw here is a clip of Simon Bird doing stand up at the final of this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award final.
Again the debt to Gervais is clear, in fact the stylee is a little too similar at times, but Bird’s confidence, comedycraft and persona are little short of mindblowing.
