The Express, 27 March 2002, by Jennifer Selway.
"TV Express: on last night's TV."
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There's something about *Manchild* (BBC2) which (not 
expecting to be entertained by a comedy on the male mid-life 
crisis) I really like. The sheer joie de vivre sets it apart 
from so much else on TV.

The scripts are clever and the cast are wonderful and work 
perfectly as an ensemble as they lounge in clubs, pubs and 
Turkish baths.

Nigel Havers' line in pained selfmockery gets better as he 
gets older.

Don Warrington's Epicurean smugness could be spread on 
toast; Ray Burdis and Lindsey Coulson make the perfect 
nouveau riche couple; and it's wonderful to see Anthony Head 
released from *Buffy* duty.

Last night he swapped his customary cigar (what Nige called 
a "sacred organ of masculinity") from a briar pipe and, 
being a big silly, had to practise with his new toy in front 
of a mirror. Well, it made me laugh.



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