Last Nights TV: Trollied Series 1, Episode 5 Review
Working in a supermarket is dull. A show about working in a supermarket is even duller. The day I go to work and the alphabetisation of the magazines is the laugh of the day is the day they find me hanging by my neck in the fresh produce section.
Sky Ones ambitious 2011 continues to throw out original programming after the huge success that was Mad Dogs. Trollied is of a different mould altogether, but a statement of Sky Ones intent to push their own shows none the less. The problem is with original programming is that sometimes it just isnt original enough. After seeing the seemingly endless amount of adverts attempting to woo me and the rest of the nation over to Sky One on a Thursday night for their supermarket sitcom Trollied, last night I caved in. Partly due to a slow night on the box once Id watched the bore of a Spurs vs. Hearts match. So Trollied. A group of people work in a fictional supermarket. A few decent TV names such as Jane Horrocks as Deputy Manager Julie, Mark Addy as butcher Andy and the oddly camp Jason Watkins off of Psychoville playing the Store Manager Gavin. It could be funny. And with the Sky One website boasting a stonking 1.15m viewers tuned in to the debut episode then surely it is funny. Perhaps not. I cant account for the first 4 episodes, but last nights episode 5 lacked any sort of story. It was more a collection of characters that all have their own tiny little stories going on and occasionally brush against other characters stories. The problem is that with their being at least 10 characters all fighting for 23 minutes of airtime none of them really get enough time to develop a real story line. But its a comedy, as long as its funny it can work. But it isnt that funny. The characters are meant to be your average bunch of odd bods you find working in the local supermarkets, and they are just that. Average. They are all a bit normal, a bit vague or just a bit dull. Two of the major points in last nights episode aimed at producing comedy were Margaret (Rita May) talking of her debut on Skype, but it was just generic old lady struggles with technology. Nothing new. Then one of the dimwits who work on the shop floor were asked to tidy the magazine area and instead alphabetises them. Hilarious! I mean when you find FHM magazine next to Fox Hunting Weekly that is hours of chuckling right there! Unfortunately not. Working in a supermarket is dull. A show about working in a supermarket is even duller. The day I go to work and the alphabetisation of the magazines is the laugh of the day is the day they find me hanging by my neck in the fresh produce section. The Sky One website also throws out a list of reviews from national newspapers and magazines that have all chosen cheesy supermarket/trolley based puns. So I thought I would join in. And here it is - Im sorry. I did try to like Trollied, but you would have to be off your trolley to find it funny.