Television Series
| “ | Transferring a radio series to television can be risky Absolute Power, however, succeeds where previous comedies have failed, and looks set to do for PR what Drop The Dead Donkey did for the newsroom. A good cast helps. | ” |
- The Independent, 8 November 2003.
| “ | fitfully amusing comedy | ” |
- Stuart Price in the Independent on Sunday, 9 November 2003.
| “ | The script presses the right buttons relentlessly. The names that are invoked contribute artfully to the atmosphere of heightened unreality. The idea of Mark Thatcher is tossed about in this corner, while the notion of Dennis Waterman is examined in another I suppose it is a credit to all involved in the programme that I didn't like it at all. Although the characters are clearly exaggerations and grotesques, I felt they were probably close enough to the truth to be convincing. Form and content were perfectly matched. Like Trevor's World of Sport, of which this is clearly a superior relation, it is impossible to like any of the characters. It delivers a stringently corrective dose of satire. It is quite appallingly knowing, and deliberately so. | ” |
- Pete Clark in the London Evening Standard, 11 November 2003.
| “ | effortlessly witty comedy | ” |
- Terry Ramsay in the London Evening Standard, 11 August 2005.
| “ | deliciously witty and sharp series, up there with Extras as one of the best comedies of the moment (or, indeed, any moment). | ” |
- Terry Ramsay in the London Evening Standard, 21 July 2005
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