TV tonight: Mackenzie Crook’s lovely new supernatural sitcom
An oddball tries to find answers to why his partner left and never returned. Plus, the latest tips to curb your energy bills. Here’s what to watch this evening10pm, BBC...
By Hollie Richardson, Ellen E Jones and Jack Seale · The Guardian Culture
An oddball tries to find answers to why his partner left and never returned. Plus, the latest tips to curb your energy bills. Here’s what to watch this evening 10pm, BBC Two A sweet, supernatural new sitcom from Mackenzie Crook. Oddball Michael (Pearce Quigley) is Miss Havisham with a beard, living in the house his partner left seven years earlier and never returned to. But his dad, Brian (Michael Palin), who has moved to a care home, says he knows a way to finally find answers – and it involves using a little alchemy to grow homunculi (tiny humans). Brian just needs to find the recipe to conjure them up. Hollie Richardson Continue reading...