Psychoville (Psychoville)

Member Name: cezzybunny

Product:	Psychoville
Date:	17/09/09 (19 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: BBC comedy at its finest

Disadvantages: May be a bit dark for some people

Psychoville is quite simply a genius work of comedy, written by two of the writers from League of Gentlemen - Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. It is initially a sketch type show, starring many characters whose lives become increasingly intertwined as the series progresses. The characters include Mr Jelly (my favourite) - a clown displaying psychotic tendencies, Joy (Dawn French) - a midwife who has a doll which she believes is alive and treats as such, and also Robert - a panto dwarf in love with his real Snow White.

The comedy is very dark and quite subtle, rather than your more obvious slapstick. As the series progresses, the plot becomes more central to the series, which I saw as a bonus although it sometimes seemed to make the storyline slightly contrived.

Highlights of the series were almost all of Mr Jelly's performances, and the first few appearances of Joy Aston, a midwife played by Dawn French.

The series consisted of seven episodes, and was originally aired on the BBC in June and July 2009. You can't watch the series on BBC iPlayer anymore, unfortunately, but you can buy it very reasonably from Amazon.

If you are a fan of Leauge of Gentlemen, then you may feel that this series does not live up to its predecessor, however as a newcomer to this comedy duo, I have nothing but praise for Psychoville.

Summary: Awesome! Watch it now!