Episode 2 (The Casual Vacancy) praised the cast, in particular Abigail Lawrie, Rory Kinnear and Rufus Jones Ceri Radford of "The Telegraph" gave the episode 4 out of 5 stars, despite some reservations about the digressions, saying: Episode 2 (The Casual Vacancy) "Episode 2" is the second episode of the British miniseries "The Casual Vacancy" based on the novel of the same title by J. K. Rowling. The parish council election approaches and Pagford is on tenterhooks awaiting the next post from 'the Ghost of Barry Fairbrother'. Who is the Ghost, and what will they say? Is anyone in the village safe from humiliation? As
Jade Fairbrother been featured on many local and internationals sites and in blogs worldwide; as well as being named Playboy South Africa’s "Playmate of the day" several times. She is also regularly featured on SAbabes.net. In January 2013, Fairbrother was awarded "Bounce Girl of the Year" for 2012. Around the same time, she was picked as one of Fashion One's new African presenters. Fairbrother has been interviewed on roughly twenty radio stations nationally, including stations such as 5fm and Heart FM. She has been featured numerous times in various national newspapers and on TV shows, including M-Net’s "All Access" and SABC breakfast