Brand is back with another celebratory,respectful, mucky sitcom. Plus: observational documentary Ambulance and an unsuccessful expedition in Fishing ImpossibleIt’s not an obvious source for laughs – the office of a council children’s services department, or which is where Jo Brand’s Damned (Channel 4) is set. But then nor was the hospital ward that was the setting for her wonderful sitcom Getting On. Brand,who again co-wrote and stars, looks beyond the obvious, and to difficult places where the only way the underpaid and underthanked people who work there can get by is to employ black humour. Related: Damned: Jo Brand's modern sitcom finds the humour in social work Related: Life,death and black humour: on duty with the London ambulance service Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com