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Boiling Point was a dog’s dinner thanks to poor sound quality. Set in a restaurant kitchen, the dialogue was drowned out by crashing pots and pans.
But once you acclimatised – and switched on the subtitles – the BBC drama simmered away nicely before boiling into an angry outbursts worthy of Gordon Ramsay with a toothache. You felt for boss Carly whose opening night was nobbled by her mum, snooty investors, and unskilled new-boy Johnny, more out of his depth than a Slater on Question Time.
I back Stephen Graham’s fight to get more working-class actors on TV, and hope his part kicks in soon. But would a posh eaterie based on Northern grub catch on in trendy Dalston? Good luck pitching that on Dragons’ Den.
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Gift of the gags
Younger faces brightened up episode two of Ustreme’s Proper Comedians – the first felt like The Comedians meets Cocoon.
“Jeremy Kyle, the only show in the world where a six-month-old kid had more teeth than his mum and dad,” quipped Danny Posthill. “Covid ruined my Xmas…cos I’ve got quite a big family and none of them got it” – Gerry K.
Comics range from blunt Ricky Lane to John Moloney’s legendary cat routine. I hosted a couple of nights and felt honoured to introduce blue-collar funnymen I’ve loved since my teens.
- Jim Davidson won’t pass any PC tests but he has a poetic turn of phrase – “nipples like Marty Feldman’s eyeballs” – and does a cracking Bobby Davro impression.
- Davro gets called “the thief of bad gags”. Unfair. He nicks good ones too. Like: “I went out with an anorexic girl for six months… I started seeing less of her after that.”
- BBC
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