How are you going to get an entertaining
piece of television drama, where two furloughed actors talk to each other over
the Internet?
Easy - use David Tennant and his co-star
in Good Omens, Michael Sheen with Georgia Moffett and I'm guessing Sheen's
other half, and throw in a few big names in film, such as Samuel L Jackson and
Dame Judi Dench, and Nina Sosanya, and a few lesser known cast and people will
flock in their hundreds - and you know, it worked!
It's BBC iPlayer, it's David Tennant
being rude, and sweary and wearing the same clothing throughout the 6 episodes,
and acting like a slobby teenager and Michael Sheen seemingly losing the plot
with whatever is outside the windows and being manipulated by his elderly
neighbour, over a few bottles of wine.
I never thought I'd find this piece of
drama, funny, but I was laughing out loud and chuckling at the antics between
the pair.
They've been asked to rehearse a Play,
written by Jo, played by Nina Sosanya, but neither actor can settle on when to
do it, and more importantly, whenever they attempt, someone loses signal,
mostly the agent and offline events seem to take centre stage. Then there's the casting as to who is going to
play whichever part, and towards the middle of the series, each of the main
cast, Tennant and Sheen, begin to back stab each other. It's absolutely
hilarious how much they both carry on like petulant children, but it's
brilliant in the way it's been put together over the internet.
I don't really settle to viewing
television like this often but it worked. Perhaps it's because these are big
names in television and film that I stayed to watch back to back episodes and
hope that they bring out another series. Realising we're limited at the moment
for entertainment, if this is the only way we can be 'entertained', then let's
get on with it.
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