The Lionesses: A League of Their Own SpecialSky Max/Now★★☆☆☆
George Clarke’s Old House, New Home Channel 4★★★☆☆
I like Katherine Ryan. I like Maisie Adam. But listening to these comics’ painful banter in The Lionesses: A League of Their Own Special was at times as excruciating as a two-footed tackle to the crotch.
Look, I know the formula for these kinds of shows is set in aspic. “Fish out of water comedian/actor who knows nothing about a particular sport/skill/hobby makes a slapstick tit of themselves trying to do it.” And so it proved, again.
Ryan’s shtick was a ditzy “I have zero interest in football and would rather drink wine” airhead, while Adam was breathless fangirl with a vuvuzela who knew all