Hyperdrive marks a historic first in my TV viewing career – the first time I’ve ever wished for canned laughter in a sitcom. It would’ve been handy to know which bits were meant to be funny.
When BBC2′s Nick Frost-starring sitcom was announced last year, producers described it as "a hilarious version of Das Boot in space". In fact it’s a gnawingly bad version of ‘Orrible in space, with a script so lame it made me nostalgic for Up the Elephant & Round the Castle.
Quality original comedies like The Late Edition and Monkey Dust still languish on the digital subs’ bench, and even the sublime Thick of It sat out two series on BBC4. And Hyperdrive managed to get not just a BBC commission, but a terrestrial BBC commission. Were sexual favours on offer?
Supersonically bad. Abort mission.
* Hyperdrive, BBC2, Wednesdays at 10pm
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