People need to be peppered or even outraged occasionally. Our national comedy and drama is packed with earthy familiarity and honest vulgarity. Clean vulgarity can be very shocking and that, in my view, gives greater involvement.

In the process of looking for comedy, you have to be deeply honest. And in doing that, you'll find out here's the other side. You'll be looking under the rock occasionally for the laughter.

We discovered that the series really wants to be a comedy more than a drama.

It is an amazing show. It's humorous, sad, everything. Full of comedy, it switches to drama, back and forth, just like real life. It's got the most realistic dialogue I've ever read.

[BBC Three succeeded BBC Four as the non-terrestrial channel of the year, with notable hits in comedy and drama.] This is such a surprise, ... Special thanks to my boss, Jana, [who has] created an atmosphere at the BBC that embraces risk.

For me, this show feels like the best in comedy and drama. What I responded to is it felt real, for lack of a better word. It felt like if you peeked over a fence in the backyard and watched your neighbors, this is what you would see.