User Reviews

Jay - "One of the Best Series I've Seen in Years"

The sitcome that isn't a sitcom. This is a drama with witty dialogue rather than a laugh-a-minute chucklefest but in my very humble opinion it was one of the best series I've seen in years. OK some bits didn't work as well as they might and some of Denis Lawson's words get strangled between his (rather sexy) accent and the speed of his delivery but he still gives one of the finest performances you will see on television for many a long year. Joanna Lumley is also good but my praise is all for Lawson's nervously neurotic Al, switching effortlessly between shotgun delivery and a quiet dignity in the last episode which had me in tears. Thank the Lord there's going to be a second season, it can't arrive soon enough for me.

Written by Jay Golding, 6th February 2006

Scott - "Promising start"

Those of you in search of belly laughs should probably give Sensitive Skin a miss. This is gently amusing and quirky rather than laugh out loud funny. That said, the British sitcom scene has produced its fair share of duds in 2005, so I'm just thankful that finally there's a well written, nicely observed show to enjoy.

With the likes of Blessed and Carrie and Barry clogging up the schedules, it’s refreshing that Sensitive Skin aspires to be more than a formulaic sitcom. Full marks, too, for the performances from Dennis Lawson, Joanna Lumley and James Lance, who breathe life in to characters that could so easily have been annoying stereotypes. If there's a downside it's that you can't help thinking there is only so far the writer can go with these wealthy, attractive but disaffected middle class media types. But for the time being this is intelligent, witty stuff that is streets ahead of the vast majority of contemporary British comedy.

Written by Scott Thompson, 13th November 2005