It’s three in a dreadful tangle
Sky Atlantic, 10pm
A NEW comedy from Julia Davis is always an event worth celebrating.
You know it’s going to be full of fantastic characters, super-sharp and twisted dialogue – and just enough darkness to be shockingly hilarious.
And all that is on display in this series from the creator of Camping and Nighty Nighty, who writes, directs and stars. The Sally of the title is in a crushingly dull relationship with David, her partner of 10 years. Theirs is an entirely boring and beige existence, not helped by the fact that he has wildly annoying habits and somewhat creepy tendencies.
And when he proposes (or rather repeatedly whines and begs her to marry him), she gets a glimpse into a rather grim future.
So when she sees Emma on the Tube – all brightly coloured and wild – she’s intrigued.
They meet again on the street, where Emma’s handing out flyers. And later that night, while David’s asleep, Sally gets glammed up and heads out to a gay club to see bohemian artist Emma performing on stage. Against all rhyme and her new friend Emma and reason, the pair embark on something resembling a relationship – meaning a revolutionary sexual reawakening for our heroine. Which they really don’t shy away from showing.
Although despite all the bits on show and acrobatics in evidence, it’s one of the least erotic sex scenes ever, thanks to its juxtaposition with David’s nighttime ablution rituals.
Sally is played by Peep Show’s Catherine Shepherd, Emma is (of course) Julia.
While Alex Macqueen shows he’s probably the world’s least vain actor as he brings David unpleasantly to life.