This outrageous flat share sitcom takes the 'odd couple' scenario and augments it with a hefty dash of camp (title and theme music courtesy of ABBA!). Kathy Burke (who also has a hand in the scripts) plays Lynda La Hughes, who believes herself to be extremely attractive, stylish and irresistible, despite ocular evidence to the contrary.
Her wardrobe seems to have been purloined from Vivienne Westwood's worst nightmares, even Elton John would find her glasses a tad too garish and she has flamboyant red curly hair. Her appearance is almost as noisy as she is. Lynda's flat mate is Tom Farrell, a gay (and ever so slightly queeny) out of work actor. He and Lynda share the same taste in men, so his homosexuality is a thorn in her side (as she can't believe that given the choice, a man would choose Tom over her). Their upstairs neighbour is a retired lady of the night, Beryl Merit, who views their shenanigans with an air of bemused detachment.
Playwright Jonathan Harvey scripted the series, revelling in camp excess and seemingly taking his lead from Absolutely Fabulous and its parade of self obsessed grotesques.
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