From League of Gentleman actors Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton comes the dark comedy thriller Psychoville. If you were a fan of League of Gentlemen this is definitely the humour for you.
The show is filled with raving loonies from Joy Aston (Dawn French) the nurse who believes her doll is a real baby to Mr Jelly (Reece Shearsmith) a clown who entertains children by attaching different devices to his handless arm. However, my personal favourites have to be the blind Mr Lomax (Steve Pemberton) with his collection of Beanie Babies and his accomplice the “Tea-Leaf” Michael (Daniel Kaluuya). This duo have many classic moments, in particular Lomax asking Michael to take a picture on his camera phone which turns out to be a mint club biscuit. The series follows these seemingly unconnected characters as they all being to receive identical blackmail letters.
The first series of Pyschoville, which I have only recently discovered, was actually released in June 2009 (its currently being repeated on Dave). However, it is rumoured that the second series is due to be released early in 2011.
Frederica Dixon