I've done a bad murder...A mysterious note arrives at the homes of a clown, mother and son, midwife, panto actor and a blind recluse. For the rest of the series we find out why.
Made by 2 of the League of Gentlemen (the piggy one and the angry one)It's a mystery and its funny - well if you find hooks for hands, excessive dandruff, siamese twins, dwarf porn, a serial killer musical number and blood transfusions given to dolls funny and I do. This is great stuff and the characters quickly grow on you. It's all played straight with no laugh tracks unlike the first 2 series of League, sure we hadn't seen anything like these fucked characters before in a comedy show but I'll make up my own mind if I think it's funny.
Psychoville isn't as disquieting as the first time you watched League (although David and his mother have a queasy relationship in the first episode which wisely gets abandoned) but some of the characters are better and they all have the same underlining pathos that makes British comedy the best around.
There's only 7 episodes and I didn't want it to end - well until the actual end which is a bit of a disappointment as the writing seems to crap out but that's not until the very last episode.
I couldn't believe that the "cheer up" song that David and his mum dance to is a real song. It's Superman by Black Lace who also created such hits as Agadoo (I was made to sing and dance to Agadoo at primary school which is shithouse compared to the moves for Superman) Love this stuff and can't wait to see wait these guys come up with next.
YES - Not as good as League but way better than Funland
