Unlike others who have seen this show and hated it, I have a very mixed view of it. I find several of the skits painfully unfunny, but then something hilarious or really moving will come along. The Victorian sketch about the "mouse" is particularly hilarious, and showcases both Emma's mother and her sister, as well as herself. The sketches she does with Kenneth Branagh are very good and rather funny, in particular the Robin Hood sketch. My favorite sketch is the one with the two 16th century peasant women gossiping about their husbands. There is also the very strangely moving tale of the dinner party, and the amazing performance by Emma's mother Phyllida Law as a woman in a tree. So if you can ever track it down and see it, do so. You can wince through the worse bits and make it through to the funny ones.
Of course, all of this is contingent on whether your sense of humor matches mine, which it might not, but if you're an Emma Thompson fan, it's something you should at least see once, if you can.
Of course, all of this is contingent on whether your sense of humor matches mine, which it might not, but if you're an Emma Thompson fan, it's something you should at least see once, if you can.