A Touch of Cloth

[andy2002]

Anyone see this spoof cop show two-parter on Sunday/Monday? It was co-written by Charlie Brooker, starred Suranne Jones and John Hannah, and was clearly inspired by Police Squad/The Naked Gun. Very funny at times, with a keen eye for cop show cliches – the first five minutes (set on the 'Rundowne Estate') could have been lifted straight out of Line of Duty with only a few alterations.

 

[Balbi]

Naked Gun, nearly. Worked for me.

 

[vauxhallmum]

Almost worked but something missing. Maybe a bit slow?

 

[DexterTCN]

It was quite funny. I thought it was a one-off but they seemed to be showing clips of another episode at the end.

 

[andy2002]

Almost worked but something missing. Maybe a bit slow?

They could have cut 15-20 minutes out of it and not really lost anything too important. Some great gags though - I loved the way Todd Carty just turned up out of nowhere and then stuck around for no apparent reason.

 

[joustmaster]

I didn't think it was that good

And I usually enjoy any old rubbish.

Maybe I was in a bad mood

 

[Santino]

I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Agree that it could have been a bit shorter, but every scene had a good joke in it.

It was quite funny. I thought it was a one-off but they seemed to be showing clips of another episode at the end.

I think the clips were a joke, but there will also be two more episodes that have nothing to do with that 'preview'.

 

[zoooo]

Loved the Todd Carty bits.

 

[andy2002]

I didn't think it was that good

And I usually enjoy any old rubbish.

Maybe I was in a bad mood

I hope the boys down the station don't hear you saying that.

 

[zoooo]

I hope the boys down the station don't hear you saying that.

You actually made me jerk my head as I read that, you swine.

 

[youngian]

And kept us old hippies amused with the Neil Young reference ('Oldman look at my life'). Lots of other silly references and jokes that I found very funny. John Hannah was great, like Leslie Neilsen there was just a slither of knowingness behind the po-faced performance.

 

[Ranbay]

A.Touch.Of.Cloth.S02E01.720p.HDTV.x264-BiA

 

[Ranbay]

http://www.sky.com/tv/show/a-touch-of-cloth/video/series-three-trailer

A Touch Of Cloth III: Too Cloth For Comfort starts 9th August on Sky 1 HD.