Too-good-to-be-true tale of love in the time of covid

U.ME: The Musical (bbcworldservice.com/musical , HHIII) is a smiley-face musical, with smiley voices and music.

Produced by the BBC World Service and recorded for podcast with the BBC Philharmonic, it’s about wholesome twentysomething Rose in London (Anoushka Lucas) who falls in love online with lovely, bashful Ryo in Tokyo (Martin Sarreal).

It also features warm-as-Horlicks narration from cuddly Stephen Fry.

In a world where ‘home is a place where everyone loves you’, all that stands between Rose, Ryo and everlasting bliss is the global pandemic.

Theo Jamieson’s music is as perky as a jog in the park on a gorgeous spring day, running quick-quick-fast with freeflowing piano that pauses for breath before racing off again into swelling violins and kettledrums.

I’m all in favour of feelgood shows ... but this feels way too good to me to be true.