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==Reception==
Despite the first series averaging just 1.7 million viewers, it was said to have "scored particularly highly on the appreciation indices". It was noted that BBC Two controller, [[Jane Root]], decided to commission a second series in part "because such a high proportion of viewers enjoyed it."<ref>{{cite news|first=Matt |last=Wells |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,3604,1145281,00.html |title=BBC call to end ratings obsession &#124; Media |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|date= 2004-02-11|access-date=2015-12-07}}</ref> [[Nancy Banks-Smith]], writing in ''[[The Guardian]]'', wrote that the series was "such a slow-burning comedy that you only start to smile during the next programme."<ref>{{cite news|first=Nancy |last=Banks-Smith |url=https://www.theguardian.com/arts/critic/review/0,1169,1304298,00.html |title=Blue Murder &#124; Coronation Street &#124; Dispatches &#124; Early Doors &#124; Jack Dee Live at the Apollo &#124; Media |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|access-date=2015-12-07|date=2004-09-14 }}</ref> The show was placed at No. 91 in the 2003–04 ''[[Britain's Best Sitcom]]'' poll run by the BBC.