Four years ago Doctor Who has revived Brit Fantasy TV. This is the next generation of home-grown magic since then.It's smartly written, exploring the entwined mytholy of ghosts, vampires and werewolves as one of each, co-habiting in Bristol, try to come to terms with their'conditions'.The cast is strong too, the series ensemble being a well-judged improvement over the already good pilot cast. Russell Tovey stands out as George, as does Sinead Keenan as his love interest Nina. Leonor Crichlow is a sexy undead icon, but still captures that scatty insecurity that defines Annie.
Each episode, so far, has explored the nature of each of the supernatural characters as they struggle to balance their darker sides with 'being human'. It's this balance that makes the series exceptional...in one hand dark, sometimes touching drama. On the other hilarious occurancesstraight out of a sit-com. Comedy dramas are very difficult to pull off; one side usually swamping the other. But in writer Toby Whitehouse's hands, along with a capable production team.. this is the best Brit TV export since Who.
Woo Hoo!
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