COMEDY

C4, 10pm

Bleak misery and laughter seem to rub along nicely together in this series which bows out tonight with the final two episodes.

First Nitin (Himesh Patel) deals with an “unkempt child” living with heroin addict parents, while on a lighter level Nat (Isy Suttie) continues the search for the perfect birth partner. And Rose (Jo Brand) faces an awkward ‘morning after the night before’ with Dennis (Clive Mantle).

Then there’s more drama as a 14-year-old girl has a baby in the school toilets – her mother is a notorious thug. Rose gets the creeps while visiting some homeschooled Mormon children. And Al (Alan Davies) has a big announcement.

This series brilliantly pings us from social work hell to glorious comedy and back again, taking on big issues, yet swerving too much darkness through the antics of an idiot employee or an awkward relationship.

And as it all ends on a typically brilliant low, you’ll realise you’ll miss this next week.