An afterlife sitcom, an angry penguin, tossed salad and scrambled eggs, and a Corby trouser press … our writers pick the shows they would happily watch on a loop for ever
I love every character and every aspect of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. There isn’t a weak link in the cast and they work together as seamlessly and apparently joyfully as you could wish.
The jokes come thick and fast, the tone is perfectly pitched, the occasional emotional moment well done, and it rarely strikes a false note. You can watch it again and again and be delighted every time. All this, and Doug Judy too. I love it. It gives me respite from all cares and woes from the moment the cold opens begin to the neat resolution 22 minutes later. Nine-nine! Lucy Mangan
On her podcast Good Hang, Amy Poehler talks about how the physical act of laughing can make you feel less hopeless. Watching Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley, smashed on Bolly and falling out of cars, is my port in an emotional storm. Absolutely Fabulous may not be soft and cosy (I’d argue that its humour only seems more vicious with time) but I know almost every line off by heart. Re-reading a much-loved book is soothing because you know what’s going to happen next but, for me, it’s the zingers in Ab Fab. Oh, you little bitch troll from hell … Rebecca Nicholson
