Wow. 5.9 (at time of writing) you cruel masters you. I will accept, it's literally the most decidedly average comedy show I've seen in a long time. I've no idea if a second season is likely at the moment but I'm going to review this as if it is and will shift the review to the main page if it's cancelled.
Having injured his colleague in the line of work, Central London paramedic Maleek (Samson Kayo) is given a new partner in middle aged, midlands born, divorcee Wendy (Jane Horrocks). Though an unlikely pair, a friendship between the two blossoms. Meanwhile, station manager Jo (Lucy Punch) struggles to overcome her over-the-top macho attitude and express her love for widowed Lawrence (Julian Barratt) and ambitions Kareshma (Aasiya Shah) tries to navigate the stations ranks as quickly as possible.
There's only a set number of euphemisms I can come up with for "Bloods" to say that it's fine, but it really is just that. It's a lightweight, mildly amusing sitcom - it's incapable of causing offense, because generally it's incapable of causing any sort of reaction at all. Each episode has a couple of amusing lines but mostly it's character work and it's perhaps not surprising then that it's most experienced trio, Jane Horrocks, Lucy Punch and Julian Barratt are the characters that you like to see the most often. That is apart from the lead and writer, Samson Kayo whose Maleek is the true heart of the show and very different from the character he played on "Truth Seekers" last year.
Will I remember a thing about this series in three months time? Probably not. But at the time of watching it was certainly a tolerable experience. (Stick that on the poster).
Having injured his colleague in the line of work, Central London paramedic Maleek (Samson Kayo) is given a new partner in middle aged, midlands born, divorcee Wendy (Jane Horrocks). Though an unlikely pair, a friendship between the two blossoms. Meanwhile, station manager Jo (Lucy Punch) struggles to overcome her over-the-top macho attitude and express her love for widowed Lawrence (Julian Barratt) and ambitions Kareshma (Aasiya Shah) tries to navigate the stations ranks as quickly as possible.
There's only a set number of euphemisms I can come up with for "Bloods" to say that it's fine, but it really is just that. It's a lightweight, mildly amusing sitcom - it's incapable of causing offense, because generally it's incapable of causing any sort of reaction at all. Each episode has a couple of amusing lines but mostly it's character work and it's perhaps not surprising then that it's most experienced trio, Jane Horrocks, Lucy Punch and Julian Barratt are the characters that you like to see the most often. That is apart from the lead and writer, Samson Kayo whose Maleek is the true heart of the show and very different from the character he played on "Truth Seekers" last year.
Will I remember a thing about this series in three months time? Probably not. But at the time of watching it was certainly a tolerable experience. (Stick that on the poster).
