Some of the groovy young surf kids (like Ed Speleers as Jimmy) make the biggest bimbos in Hollyoaks look like Meryl Streep.
The soundtrack has more rubbish Britpop than Jamie Oliver's CD collection and there is zero chemistry between Donovan and McCutcheon, who - as Nancy Weeks says in Moving Wallpaper - look like the result of "the cynical casting stunt it is".
McCutcheon trundles around as if she's on castors, smiling benignly like the new Noel Gordon. As for Donovan, whether he is meant to be so godawful is anyone's guess.
His accent - or accents - are abysmal. He has three: his laidback "Nodding Hill" drawl, traces of his native Aussie and, mostly, the bizarre clipped upper-class tones of a Second World War pilot.
Dek Hogan, Digital Spy:
If the idea was to make a terrible soap to tie in with the comedy then it's just not bad enough to be funny. If the idea was to produce something good they've failed there too. Perhaps the problem is that no one has told the cast what it's actually supposed to be.
Jason Donovan appears to be playing it straight and tragically he seems to be the best thing in it, which speaks volumes. Johnny Briggs has a Cornish accent that he seems to have picked up from watching creaky old black and white pirate movies, while a similarly bad accent comes from the pub landlady – Bridget the midget from early Grange Hill.
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