Hitmen: Season 1

"It’s the unfakeable comedic understanding between Perkins and Giedroyc that really makes it work."

"Mel and Sue just don't seem to be acting."

"It's fun and daft - unsophisticated enough to give it an enjoyably homely feel... but never descending into idiocy."

"It's absurd, it's dark, it has no soft centre at all - it feels as if it's made for these times."

"Most of the guest actors fail to transcend their stock characters, which means being stuck for 20 or so minutes with a sketch-comedy conceit that refuses to deepen into anything more layered or nuanced."

"It's amusing alone to see [Giedroyc and Perkins] here as neurotic daytime killers, even if their comic scenarios here can be big misses or big hits."

"They may play killers, but the kind who keep the actors well within the brand they've built over their 32-year friendship and professional partnership."

"The pieces are there for a really fun dark comedy. But things just may need time to come together."

"The series isn't great, but it's just fine. It coasts entirely on the charm of these two, and whether or not you are watching specifically for them."