In reply to AlfredJ.

That's good to hear; the writer made the original show sound absolutely dire and miserable. It's pretty clear that when someone is saying their favorite parts of a series are when people are being uncomfortable or opening themselves to mockery, they're saying more about themselves than the actual show.

(And the bit about "the depth and diversity of celebrity Britain" was especially hilarious to those of us in the US who only see a subset of UK TV. From here, it seems like there are exactly 10 comedians in the entire UK and Ireland, who keep being endlessly cycled through a never-ending stream of panel shows).

The only thing I'd agree with that Guardian article is that the town-full-of-celebrity-impressionists idea is unnecessary and was better left to the original.