Viewers have hailed the BBC's new sitcom, Ann Droid, as a "masterpiece," with many watching all six parts in one sitting.
Created by and starring Diane Morgan (Motherland, Cunk on Britain), the series follows grieving widow Sue (Sue Johnston) and her outdated care robot, who "gets things very wrong and causes chaos while also teaching Sue how to love life again."
Ann Droid joins a string of successful BBC comedies released in recent years, including Amandaland, Here We Go, and Daddy Issues.
© BBC/Boffola Pictures/GaryMoyesThe show was co-created by Diane Morgan and Sarah Kendall, continuing Diane's successful run of collaborations with the BBC following the Philomena Cunk Specials and the sitcom Mandy.
Read on to see what critics and audiences are saying.
What are viewers and critics saying about Ann Droid?
The series has gone down a storm with viewers.
Taking to social media, one person wrote: "Hilarious from start to finish. Great writing and superb acting," while another hailed the comedy as a "masterpiece".
© BBC/Boffola Pictures/GaryMoyesA third person penned: "Outstanding. Watched all six episodes in one go. Humour and a whole lot of heart. Very well done."
The series also received a positive critical reception.
The Telegraph described it as a "surprisingly poignant robot comedy" in its four-star review, while The Guardian handed out five stars to the "fresh" and "funny" series.
What is Ann Droid about?
Set three years in the future, Ann Droid follows Sue, a grieving widow whose husband died 18 months prior. When her son, Michael (Paul Ready), decides to move out of the house to try and repair his marriage, he leaves his mum with Linda, an android care robot.
© BBC/Boffola Pictures/GaryMoyesThe synopsis reads: "In a world where AI is looming larger and ever present, Ann Droid asks the question: what is replaceable and what is not? As funny, as it is poignant – Ann Droid tells the story of an unlikely friendship between Sue (Sue Johnston) and Linda (Diane Morgan) a social humanoid robot, created to keep elderly people company and monitor their health."
Explaining where the idea for the series came from, creator Diane revealed that she was partly inspired by her own experience during lockdown.
"I read a story in the paper which said that apparently they were rolling them [robots] out in Japan and I told Pippa my producer and we started laughing about it," she told the BBC. "It was also inspired by the time in lockdown when I decided to send my mum a tablet so she could do online shopping - she reacted like I'd sent her a nail bomb."
Ann Droid is available to stream on BBC iPlayer now.
