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Jack Dee returns as failed stand-up and serial liar Rick Spleen. Life hasn't got any easier for Rick: his wife Mel is still more successful than him; his writer Marty is still funnier than him; even his home-help Magda manages to be grumpier than him.
In this, the fourth series, Rick’s career hits an all-time low – even by his own dismal standards. From public humiliation on live TV to private embarrassment at a Comedy Workshop, it seems that everything Rick touches turns to mould.
It all culminates in a special two-hander episode co-starring Robbie Coltrane who plays a knife-wielding prisoner with a pathological hatred of liars. When Rick is taken hostage in the prison library, it's the perfect storm.
In this, the fourth series, Rick’s career hits an all-time low – even by his own dismal standards. From public humiliation on live TV to private embarrassment at a Comedy Workshop, it seems that everything Rick touches turns to mould.
It all culminates in a special two-hander episode co-starring Robbie Coltrane who plays a knife-wielding prisoner with a pathological hatred of liars. When Rick is taken hostage in the prison library, it's the perfect storm.
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Once again Jack Dee is excellent as down-on-his-luck comic Rick Spleen. This time Spleen is forced to take up work advertising various junk products including a musical windmill which doesn't work. He also has a chance to feature in a "homes of the stars" article, finishes up borrowing a pig in an attempt to convince the public he is an animal lover. Some of these episodes feature what is quite probably the darkest humour in the four series. The two-hander, in which Rick Spleen is held hostage in a prison library by an inmate, and the following ominously-titled episode which sees Spleen with the spectre of the inmate's dangerous friends hanging over him, had me gripped.
If this really is the last season of Lead Balloon then it really has maintained a high quality right until the end.
If this really is the last season of Lead Balloon then it really has maintained a high quality right until the end.
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Ok,so series 4(its been a long time coming!)sees everyone that bit older,and in the case of Rick Spleen(Jack Dee),even more of a loser.In the episodes we get here,Rick seems to have lost his status as a comedian.Instead,we see him as a presenter on "The Bargain Channel"-Shopping-and running a comedy class,among other things,all with disasterious results. All the main cast are back,and although slightly different in feel,this is still comedy gold. I did miss some of the inter play between Rick and his comedy writer Marty,but everyone are still in sparkling form.Heres hoping that we get a 5th series,please Mr Dee,and the BBC!
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I have now watched series 1 to 4 and this series (4) is the best yet! Every episode on this DVD is a winner! I'm still laughing! The last episode (featuring Robbie Coltrane) is a classic!
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