Channel Four
8 October 1993
Sketch Comedy
DVD
B-
The best thing here is the Christmas filled with holograms, which is absurd yet thought-provoking. I wish they'd done more things like that. Damian Hunt had also appeared on Josie, while John Barrard was Anatole on Jeeves and Wooster and is a Teacher here. Thea Bennett, Amanda Dickinson, Peter Guinness, Robert Harley, David Jackson, and Ben Miller return.
Paul Merton in its second series averages out to a low B-, not a big drop from Series One. It's not terribly different but just a shade less funny. After awhile, it becomes easier to predict the jokes, like the lemon detergent for, yes, lemons. Still, overall, it's a better packaging of Paul's talents than Josie was of Josie's.
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