STARSTRUCK LOVE DRIVER

Minnie Driver relishes her recurring cameo as TomвЂ™s hard-nosed but soft-hearted agent.

The ensuing saga takes in exes, phone sex, male strippers and Scrabble rows. They assumed she was his cleaner and lowered their cameras.ДЄs we return, the unlikely couple вЂ“ вЂњa labrador and a hedgehog who became best friendsвЂќ, as Jessie describes it вЂ“ are trying to pursue a proper relationship, even though heвЂ™s still saved on herВ mobile as вЂњTom FamousвЂќ. Doing the walk of shame out of his flat, she found a pack of paparazzi outside. She vaguely recognised him (вЂњDo you work at the ShepherdвЂ™s Bush Superdrug?вЂќ) but didnвЂ™t discover his real identity until the following morning. The debut series saw Jessie accidentally have a one-night stand with an A-list Hollywood actor, Tom Kapoor (Nikesh Patel). SheвЂ™s mischievous, messy and confident in her unconventionality вЂ“ but as we see later in the series, it takes a brave man to call her вЂњkookyвЂќ or вЂњquirkyвЂќ. This is one of the loveliest low-key gems youвЂ™re likely to see all year.ДЄward-winning stand-up Matafeo plays corkscrew-haired force-of-nature Jessie, a 28-year-old New Zealander juggling two dead-end jobs in East London. Most importantly, is the magic still there? Happily, very much so. You might notice how many scenes take place outdoors or socially distanced. Now that follow-up has arrived, largely filmed in lockdown. It clocked up nearly five million views on iPlayer, making it BBC ThreeвЂ™s best-performing comedy of the year, and was recommissioned for a second series before it had even aired. It might have been saddled with a late-night time slot and a fairly generic title but Rose MatafeoвЂ™s Starstruck (BBC Three/iPlayer) quietly became one of 2021вЂ™s biggest sitcom hits.

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