Fame and fourtune

LOADED C4, 10pm

FOUR mates have made an absolute fortune from their hit smartphone game about cats – an entirely plausible comedy for the millennials. They’ve sold their company Idyl Hands and the game Cat Factory and now have a new US Boss Casey (Mary Mccormack). Unusually, the plot starts with huge success and glory, but it’s the problems that follow that brings the drama – and laughs. As the cash drops into their bank accounts, Josh ( Jim Howick), Leon (Samuel Anderson), Watto (Nick Helm) and Ewan (Jonny Sweet) wake up to the brilliant yet terrifying realisation that they’re now multi-millionaires. The first thing they do is send Barbershop quartets to greet anyone who ever doubted them with a rather rude song. Then, ever so British, Josh splashes out on a new pair of jeans. Although he does treat his parents to an extravagant around-the-world trip. “We’re going to Uganda?” asks his mum, wishing he’d just paid off the mortgage. Leon is more comfortable with his newfound status and immediately buys a Ferrari and has a champagne bath. Ewan wants to go zorbing, maybe. And Watto thinks he has bought a narrow boat. It all seems to be going rather well – they might even be able to use their success to woo the women they fancy. But almost immediately, the company is sued by one of Watto’s old associates who claims to have invented a key element of the game. And when the lawsuit is leaked online (isn’t everything?), Casey reveals her ruthless nature when she orders Leon to fire Watto. Have they sold out to the devil?