If you're like us, there's always room for good 20-minute comedy show in your life. But we also live in the “age of the cerebral”, so you're typically getting some really deep stuff to go with it. Written with a lot of heart by Alison Bell (who you might know from Laid), the female lead, and Sarah Scheller, The Letdown perfectly captures the transition from being a care-free thirty-something to becoming a mother, where everything feels too much and failing feels only a second away. It doesn't help that new mother Audrey Holloway seeks help at a parenting group with a rather unhelpful maternal health nurse (Noni Hazlehurst). Audrey's career-focused husband Jeremy (Duncan Fellows) also has a penchant for being unhelpful and so it's up to her to somehow make things right. Anybody who has had a child or knows somebody that does will be able to confirm the hilarious honesty of The Letdown's writing and performances. And from that honesty comes a lot of dramatic realness but also a very funny, well-paced show.
Comments
UP NEXT
UP NEXT
UP NEXT
More like this in
Pretend it’s a City
A wildly entertaining series of interviews with a New York legend
9.2
The Looming Tower
A well-written thriller miniseries about the rivalry between the CIA and the FBI and how they failed to prevent 9/11.
8.1
Sex Education
Already a future classic, Sex Education is an explicit but endlessly charming teen comedy that will also teach adults a thing or two.
8.9
Ghosts
A funny sitcom about a young couple who move into a house packed with ghosts
8.9
Patriot
This unique anti-spy drama is one of Amazon Prime's hidden gems
9.0
Lovesick
Heavy on the rom but also the com, this British series is an effortless watch based on an unlikely premise
9.4
Over the Garden Wall
In this charming animated miniseries, two half-brothers try to find their way back home after getting lost in a supernatural forest
8.6
The Last Kingdom
8.6
Flowers
Carving out a genre of its own, enter the most unusual sitcom you have ever watched.
8.3
Man Like Mobeen
There's great chemistry between the three mates in Man Like Mobeen, which hilariously parodies being Muslim in Britain.