This Life has a lot to answer for - namely persuading me to embark on an ill-advised law degree on the misguided assumption that it offered a passport to a life of intoxicating hedonistic excess soundtracked by the first Marion LP. Nevertheless, the prospect of the series returning next month for a one-off tenth anniversary special is a genuinely mouthwatering one.Countless lazy and witless imitations have not quite managed to cheapen the legacy of what was the definitive Britpop-era drama.
Early indicators for the new episode aren't altogether promising: they've bumped off Ferdy in order to engineer a somewhat contrived reunion ("If it's AIDS I'm throwing stuff at the TV," remarked my friend Simon) and most of the action takes place in Miles' country manor estate - conjuring unwelcome images of ghastly toff flick Peter's Friends. But as Christmas telly goes, it's gotta beat Dragon's Den: kids' special or Richard Hammond's alternative Christmas message.
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I'll watch anything with the Dragon's Den label on it, kids special or not. Altogether now: "You're fired!" Oh yeah, that's the other one.
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