Sky 1's new comedy Trollied is alright. That's not damning it with faint praise, it's just alright. Set in a supermarket Valco, whose motto is ' Serves You Right ' (quite funny that) the show has thankfully not gone along the mock documentary route. Instead we follow the workers as they plod through their day. The characters are well observed and engaging (ish)
So far the show has the feel of a set of sketches and not a fully rounded story, perhaps that will come later but at the moment, that is not to Trollied's detriment and it certainly hasn't got the o.t.t. histrionics of Lucas and Walliams. What it has got, much like Sky's Mad Dogs, is a cast to die for. In fact, a lot like Mad Dogs, the cast are better than the material. Leading the line are Jane Horrocks as interim manager Julie (we got a good joke on how she was interimming) Jason Watkins as cheerful manager Gavin and Mark Addy, moving from Game of Thrones to the meat counter, as butcher Andy. These are excellent actors, who don't put a foot wrong. And, at times, you wonder if the lines would sound as sharp and funny coming from the mouths of lesser talents.
I suppose we should be glad Trollied is not on the BBC because Will Mellor would definitely been in it. Thank the Lord for small mercies ah? A special mention should go to Rita May as Margaret, part of a seniors back to work programme. She is quite brilliant. At one point Julie asks her if she has ever had a job, to which Margaret replies, 'well no, not unless you count school'
Trollied nods to the God of this kind of show, The Office, by having a Tim and Dawn type, from a distance, romance. You don't you need to be any kind of a genius to say Trollied will never be The Office but it is quite funny, excellently acted and alright. Which, in today's British sitcom terms, is a ringing endorsement.
Over.
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