Click & Collect

Click & Collect is a British comedy TV film written by Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf and starring Asim Chaudhry and Stephen Merchant.[1]

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Click & Collect
GenreComedy
Created byJoe Tucker & Lloyd Woolf
Written byJoe Tucker & Lloyd Woolf
Directed byBen Palmer
StarringStephen Merchant
Asim Chaudhry
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
Production
Executive producer(s)Chris Sussman
Joe Tucker
Lloyd Woolf
Producer(s)Sam Ward
Running time53 minutes
Production company(s)Mondo Deluxe
BBC Studios
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original release
  • 24 December 2018 (2018-12-24)

Plot

Uptight Andrew Bennett lives in a semi-detached house in Bedford. When he fails to buy his daughter's main Christmas present - Sparklehoof the Unicorn Princess - he is rescued by over-friendly, emotionally needy Christmas-loving Dev D'Cruz, who lives in the adjoining house. Dev has managed to buy perhaps the last Sparklehoof in the UK - by click and collect. Unfortunately it is 270 miles away in Carlisle, so Andrew and Dev embark together on a cross-country Christmas Eve road trip to attempt to save Andrew's daughter's Christmas.[2]

Cast

Reception

Click & Collect received positive reviews across the British press. The Guardian described it "funny and tender",[3] The Observer as "excellent",[4] The Mail on Sunday as "delightful".[5] The Sun described it as "fabulous" and "hilarious, thanks to the clever pairing and brilliant chemistry between Stephen Merchant and Asim Chaudhry",[6] who were also described by The Mail as "perfect comedy partners"[5] and by The Telegraph as "a mismatch made in heaven".[7] A number of reviewers noted the similarities with Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Jingle All The Way, with The Times noting that "these references are done with a wink".[8] Metro described it as "comforting, sharply written Christmas TV",[9] whilst The Daily Telegraph praised the "lively script" and "warm hearted satire", stating: "Click and Collect offered proof that, in certain circumstances, it is possible to have your cake and eat it. It subjected Christmas to a testy satirical buffeting while also smothering it with reverence as an enfolding nationwide group hug."[7]

gollark: The *point* of having either is that other people will exchange them for things you want.
gollark: Not infinitely, but a few times maybe? But for both of them, the actual value-if-we-didn't-have-preexisting-notions-of-value-tied-to-them is mostly irrelevant.
gollark: But gold isn't that different, I mean.
gollark: Yep!
gollark: Gold is not *that* useful practically, being just a shiny metal which doesn't tarnish and has quite high conductivity.

References
  1. "BBC - Stephen Merchant and Asim Chaudhry to star in BBC One Christmas comedy Click & Collect - Media Centre". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  2. "BBC - Click & Collect - Media Centre". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  3. Bradley, Mike; Virtue, Graeme; Davies, Hannah J.; Harrison, Phil; Verdier, Hannah; Howlett, Paul (24 December 2018). "Christmas Eve's best TV: Click and Collect; The Queen and I". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. "The New Review". The Observer. 23 December 2018.
  5. "TV Listings". Mail on Sunday. 23 December 2018.
  6. "TV Magazine". The Sun. 23 December 2018.
  7. Rees, Jasper (24 December 2018). "Click and Collect, review: this odd-couple Christmas road trip high-fives the season of goodwill". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  8. "Saturday Review". The Times. 22 December 2018.
  9. Starkey, Adam (24 December 2018). "Click & Collect review: Stephen Merchant and Asim Chaudhry are a charming force". Metro. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
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