'Friday Night Dinner' (Channel 4/RTE 2) is one of the funnier comedies on the small screen right now. A mixture of Cast and Humour between 'Green Wing' and 'The Inbetweeners', it is also like a middle class, Jewish version of 'The Royal Family' and is an easy and charming comedy. There are also some excellently appropriate obscenities used to great effect. Simon Bird as Adam Goodmnan essentially reprises his role from ''The Inbetweeners'' as a gawky nerd - Tamsin Greig is superb as his mother and Paul Ritter perfect as his hapless father. Girls, angst and peer group status remain the perennial concern of the post-adolescent (and much older) male and 'Friday Night Dinner' hits on these familiar themes with some sharp writing and very funny dialogue. There's great chemistry between Bird and his annoying on-screen brother Jonny, played with aplomb by Tom Rosenthal. Throw in the brilliant Mark Heap as the dingbat neighbour and you have a cast that is a joy to watch. For anyone who says the Sit Com is dead, well, 'thetvreviewguy' says give this show a go. It's mundane yet smart. There's a Christmas Special coming up which 'thetvreviewguy' is really looking forward to; it's always refreshing to see good comedy being commissioned and 'Friday Night Dinner' adds to the canon. A tasty morsel.
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