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By-the-numbers, tired political comedy

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2 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 15-12-24

A long way from being Yes Minister. Bought because the first 5 minutes (which Audible gives you as a trailer) was promisingly funny. Rapidly descended into the usual boring politician jokes, with one-dimensional characters thrown in. “Haha politicians are all lazy greedy liars.” “David Cameron and pigs.” “The bodyguard guy likes eating”. Avoid unless you want a dramatised, uninventive version of smug Radio 4 panel shows.

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Amazing - more please!

Overall
5 out of 5 stars
Performance
5 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 30-05-24

An awesome return to Green Wing. All the humour, weirdness and intrigue of the original TV show. Needs another series!

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Pretty pointless

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2 out of 5 stars
Performance
4 out of 5 stars
Story
1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-09-21

No dramas with the performances, or making the main characters female (although there didn’t seem to be any artistic merit to it, just done for the sake of).

The additions (eg detail about Mr Mole having walked out) and deletions stand out like sore thumbs in the gentle nature of the original.

If you’re going to ‘update’ such a classic (which, let’s face it, no one who’s respects the original asked for) then at least get someone with talent to do it sympathetically.

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