Down like a ...

TV Watched Jack Dee's new sitcom, Lead Balloon tonight. It reminded me of Ken Campbell's word, Jokoid -- something which has all the trappings of being a joke without being funny. The performances were all perfectly fine, great in the case of Raquel Cassidy (one of the few survivors from the equally disappointing According To Bex and in places the tragedy and desperation worked very well. But this had the appearance of being a sitcom without raising a laugh. Which is a shame because the specially prepared trailers were very good indeed. Maybe I've missed something -- that the title is supposed to be ironic, for example. It's available to watch streamed at the BBC Four website if you want to make up your own mind.