There's a lot wrong with BBC Three - not least endless repeats of Two Pints of Lager. But a recent good programme is Pulling.
We follow Donna (29 turning 30) who decides on the eve of her wedding to dump her fiancé Karl and is forced to move in with two friends Karen (who shags anything that moves and is a primary school teacher) and Louise (who's just a little bit creepy). It stars Sharon Horgan (seen recently as Rob Brydon's producer in Annually Retentive) who's also the series' co-writer.
Some of the situations may be a bit hackneyed, but you can see believable and recognisable characters all around, and there are some very funny lines each time around. Episode three had a wonderful monologue from Karen who runs into someone she may know and might have had some, umm, "dealings" with.
I trust that this will make the move to BBC Two at some point in the new year.
(I just watched episode three - and was just smiling at the denouement - only to be brought back home to earth by the voiceover saying "coming up next, a double bill of Two Pints of Lager!")
Posted by adambowie at December 11, 2006 9:37 PM