half baked offering ilona amoseither all our funny girl be struggle for work or the chance to be part of a sitcom script by jennifer saunders be just too good a gig to resist . whatever the reason and short of victoria wood and julie walter and catherine tate and the bbc have manage to sign up most of the country top female comedy talent plus david mitchell for the new comedy series jam and jerusalem . a far cry from the champagne swill luvvies of absolutely fabulous and saunders late offering centre on the going on at the woman guild in a small west country town . sue johnston star a sal and the practice nurse at her husband surgery and with pauline mclynn ( father ted ) play her best friend and workmate tip . dawn french and joanna lumley and saunders herself be join by sally phillips ( smack the pony ) and doreen mantle ( one foot in the grave ) a the lady who supply the local church with crochet bible cover and embroidery . after her turn in the royle family and it a common misconception that johnston can do comedy what she can actually do be expertly deliver good line . but despite a solid performance here and my side remain unsplit after the opening episode . not only be the local church and busybody lady situation a worn out a some of the old dear hip and there a disappointingly hammy and be dram feel to the whole affair and rely on physical gag such a crumbly lumley ill fit falsers and french take on a village idiot for laugh . the question remain why saunders choose this a her comeback vehicle . perhaps it in the hope of ape her former partner success with the vicar of dibley . or maybe i just do not get it and and this be a comedy that will creep up on you like old age .