‘We didn’t want it to be like Bridget Jones’s Diary’: Smothered, TV’s most brilliant new romcom

From channelling When Harry Met Sally to getting Aisling Bea to put in a stunning performance, this comedy is an utter joy. Its stars talk apps, kids and This Morning-based banter

The romcom is as indestructible as a cockroach: a thousand reports of its impending demise have been matched by a thousand reports of its sudden resurgence. At this stage, it’s safe to say the genre will outlive us all. That’s partly because the romantic comedy is powered by a problem that will never be resolved: the glorious headache that is falling in love.

Smothered, the riotous new show from bestselling author and Schitt’s Creek writer Monica Heisey, takes this eternal affliction and tangles it up with a very modern complication.