Out of the same stable as Shameless written by Paul Abbott Channel’s 4 new show ‘No Offence’, gave me an almighty belly laugh in the opening minutes and didn’t disappoint.
After a bit of a domestic in a taxi a woman kicks her boyfriend out into the street and then spots a murder suspect. Making known she was a police officer she commandeers the taxi telling the driver to ‘follow at man’. Taking off her heels, she give chase. After a short chase through the streets, the cocky suspect looks round, trips up falling to the ground and a coach drives over his head. She misses out on the promotion she was hoping for due to the above-mentioned head squishing incident.
The humour was funny sometimes barely giving you time to take a breath with the crisp dialogue helping to boot. There are moments that were more serious it is a cop show after all. The cast with the material fed to them were brilliant in both the light and darker moments. Like Shameless, it’s based in Manchester where they work out of the Friday Street station.
One minute you'll be watching a comical scene in which police officers accidently overhear feisty Detective Vivienne Deering on the toilet, and the next you'll be watching a young female victim being dragged from a lake.
Onto the storyline, a possible serial killer targeting young women with Down’s syndrome or who look like they do – takes the drama up another level and you forget about the comedy for a slight second. It's a controversial topic but because it's so cleverly written and constructed (and because of the snippets of comedy) it doesn't feel as heavy as it sounds on paper. They’ve made an hour of riotously enjoyable television and I will be up for the next episode.
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