HBO has been searching for its new Game Of Thrones and this exuberant fantasy series ticks a lot of the boxes. Large cast of colourful characters? Check.
BBC Three’s Starstruck is a sweet and funny romcom It’s a bit like
Fleabag, only minus the self-loathing, the existential angst and, most noticeably, the Hot Priest.
Chemistry-free: Rose Matafeo and Nikesh Patel Some people will find the premise of
Starstruck (26 April, 10.45pm), in which a tipsy young woman unexpectedly goes home with a man whose fame she has completely failed to spot, somewhat preposterous. But alas, I’m not one of them. OK, so I’ve never (so far as I’m aware) collapsed drunkenly into bed with an international movie star. However, in my nightclubbing days, there was a famous incident in which I copped off with a boy I’d fancied forever, only to discover when we met again in the cruel light of day that the person who’d fallen into my arms on the dance floor was, in fact, his little brother. This is the thing with beer goggles (or in my case, Cinzano and lemonade goggles). Mix-ups do occasionally occur.
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Starstruck (TVNZ OnDemand and TVNZ 2, from Wednesday) Rose Matafeo bloody loves a romantic comedy. Her appreciation of the genre is deep and nerdy, extending far beyond the usual Nora Ephron touchstones back to before the abbreviation rom com even existed. And all of this manifests in her debut TV series Starstruck.
Like all the great rom coms it feels comforting and familiar, something to watch into your pyjamas and/or while eating a whole bag of chips. As a series, it feels like something you could easily watch in one sitting without leaving your bed.