011 Contemporary Comedy – New
I really enjoyed Foiled,
the comedy series recorded on location in a hair salon in Tonypandy,
Wales. Written by Beth Granville and
David Charles, to me it rang true based on the years I lived in south
Wales. True, it doesn’t do much to
dispel the popular perception of Welsh people as dozy—although only one of the characters
is actually a complete flake: that’s
Sabrina (Beth Granville), the head stylist at Bleach for the Stars. Her long-suffering co-worker Tanisha (Stephanie
Siadatan) is a reasonably competent hair stylist. They are joined by Ritchie (David Oakes), the
English actor whose disastrous exploits forced him to seek employment at the
hair salon. I enjoyed it because it
presented a multi-ethnic Wales, which is not before time. I hope they do a second series!
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