Vicious

[maggiebee]

Just been reading about a new sitcom starting on Monday on ITV. To quote the blurb:

"Vicious, a brand new studio sitcom that stars respected luminaries of British stage and screen, Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi who will be joined by Frances de la Tour in this unashamedly wicked new comedy."

One to set the recorder for I think.

[aelmpvw]

if the script is as good as the actors it can't fail

[tonyav]

I've seen a trailer for it, it looks pretty good.

[Canary42]

/// if the script is as good as the actors it can't fail ///

But sadly with TV these days, the scripts are poor, and talented actors struggle to carry them. We can only hope !

I saw Frances at the National some years ago and she was absolutely brilliant, one of the finest performances I have ever seen.

[Sharingan]

Trio of brilliant actors who are so luminary that they don't really need to be in a dodgy badly scripted sitcom, so hopefully the script will be up to scratch. If not I might just cry :(

[chrissa1]

"A" trailer tonyav? It's on all the time. I just hope the lines I've seen are the best of a not so funny lot.

[bednobs]

really tony av? is it the one where thay are talking about the mother?

[sara3]

I feel bombarded with trailers!

[tonyav]

Yes bednobs, that one.

[chrissa1]

Am I invisible?

[Sharingan]

I didn't really understand the context of what you posted chrissa1. Are you hoping that the series is dreadful and won't run?

[chrissa1]

No, absolutely not. I do hope the script is worthy of the great actors in the cast. It's just that I've seen in the past, programmes trailed using what turned out to be the 2 or 3 best lines, and the rest of the script was not very funny.

Fingers crossed.

[Sharingan]

Ah I see now, there's a ' not' missing from your post. Now it makes perfect sense :) xx

[chrissa1]

Lol. Where should the "not" be? I was talking about the trailers being on all the time. The programme hasn't started yet.

[Sipowicz]

I'm with you Sharingan, very confusing!

[aelmpvw]

'not' between 'are' and 'the' to make sense of the post

[bednobs]

you should have put "i hope the lines i've seen are NOT the best ...." to make that meaning.
If that's what you meant, i hope so too because the lines i've seen are not funny

[Sharingan]

Sorry it's probably me being thick but you posted 'I just hope the lines I've seen are the best of a not so funny lot.'- which to my addled brain meant you didn't like the idea.
However if you typed this:-I just hope the lines I've seen are NOT the best of a not so funny lot.' - that would have made sense to me.
It's probably me, I'm a bit preoccupied at the moment and it's making me as stupid as a stupid thing at stupid competition. More haste, less speed. :)

[maggiebee]

Now children - no arguing over semantics. Have been watching the re-runs of I Claudius and Derek Jacobi is absolutely brilliant in it.

[Ric.ror]

I cannot wait - two old queens (the title was to be Vicious Old Queens) - sounds just like my cup of tea