Listening Again: Fabulous (Series 2)

My initial response to the first episode in the second series of Radio 4's Fabulous was not altogether favourable. Well, I thought the second episode was an absolute hoot.

From Cool Blue Shed, 27th October 2008

First Listen: Fabulous (Series 2)

It's totally daft and I wish I could say it was very funny, but somehow it doesn't quite come together. The overall feel of the show is not quite right. It's quirky, but it lacks the charm to make it totally lovable, which it could easily be. It's nearly there, but not quite.

From Cool Blue Shed, 22nd October 2008

Life was conducted at a similarly high voltage in Lucy Clark's Fabulous. In fact, Daisy Haggard's Faye sounded as if she was in the throes of some kind of electric shock therapy, as she went into convulsions at the prospect of going to work, speaking to her mother or having sex with her boyfriend.

She was clearly meant to be a loveable, dippy character with her Bridget Jones ability to air her big knickers at the most inopportune moment. As this was in the 11pm slot, and the only meal that would be spoilt was that assembled by late night fridge raiders, we were treated to a scatological account of her toilet troubles, complete with sound effects. The voluble Faye - like other characters much given to an irritating deadpan drawl - was suffering from constipation, but not, alas, of the mouth.

Moira Petty, The Stage, 21st May 2007