Review of A Touch of Cloth

I've only seen the first episode of this, but it's one to watch - and watch again, because the jokes in the dialogue come thick and fast.

Combined with subtle and not-so-subtle visual gags, you'll certainly get a lot of smirks and laughs out of it !

Several murders in, we find there's a link between the victims, but some of the murder scenes (and others) are simply classic.

• a woman in the bath reading a book called "she died in the bath", who has a "visitor"

• the inspector enters a tent where a murder victim has been found, and passes through your typical tea and cake stall tent, walks out the other end, and a body is being examined by a CSI with a blacklight - except it's not the victim, it's the female boss catching a few rays...

It reminds me of the sort of humour in Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz - carefully crafted and well executed.