colinpeppiatt

I'm really enjoying this series. Very talented cast, with Skinner well supported by the excellent young actor Tony Bignell, who displays great comic timing.

Kelly Scott looks to have a big career ahead of her as she excellently plays Shane's pretty late-teens daughter Velma, while Schneider, Norris and Berrington assist Skinner with their experience as comic actors.

The jokes are funny, the actors give good performances as likeable characters and the plots are amiable enough. Good, light-hearted entertainment; there is certainly space on the market for good quality sitcoms such as this.

Boon was an excellent series. Former firemen Ken Boon (Michael Elphick) and Harry Crawford (David Daker) run a security and a private investigator company, assisted by their staff led by Rocky (Neil Morrissey) and Laura (Elizabeth Carling), later replaced by Alex (Saskia Wickham). All three could consider 'Boon' to be their big break on the road to stardom. The series was really enjoyable, and the cast superbly talented. The late Michael Elphick took the lead role and was tremendous, winning an army of fans for himself, respecting his great acting ability. I'll just always regret being about a week away from writing him fan mail to praise him and thank him for the entertainment he'd provided in his career thus far, at the time he tragically died aged 55. With Daker, they played the best of friends, which helped make the drama and close shaves involved in the episodes all the more compelling. This was an example of a great show; entertaining, humourous at times, well-written and with an excellent cast.

'Kilroy' has maintained a nice Englishness about it. Chat shows have become more and more extreme in recent years, with people badmouthing each other and attacking each other. But Kilroy has refused to go the way of Jerry Springer. I couldn't watch this show every day and it isn't 'tapeable'. But over the years, when I'm off sick or on holiday, or just at home, this has been, on occasions, an enjoyable show to watch. Often, this show is very good and very sensible. The spoofs of it in recent years by Aliastair McGowan have made me enjoy it more! Robert Kilroy-Silk does an excellent job as host. He always lets people have a fair amount of time to get their points across and move the discussion on. He's firm, so that people don't ramble and don't engage in personal debate across the studio floor, but fair, so that people have the chance to make their points. He's also sympathetic when he needs to be, and can defuse tension, whether that be anger or upset, with his good use of humour.