‘Faithless’ series two review: Baz Ashmawy’s accomplished comedy makes a riotous return

‘Faithless’ (Virgin Media One) 4/5

Baz Ashmawy as Sam is left holding the baby in the second season of his successful comedy ‘Faithless’. Photo: Virgin Media

In the end, it’s not really the hope that kills you, it’s the hype. That squeaking sound heard all over Ireland last week was the air escaping from the hype balloon after episode one of The Walsh Sisters aired on RTÉ One.

While it’s not entirely fair to judge a series on its first instalment (as my colleague Ann-Marie Hourihane pointed out in her review last week), the dominant opinion, not least among fans of Marian Keyes’s popular source novels, seems to be that RTÉ has dropped the ball on this one.

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