A little bit eh?

Well the eagerly anticipated second series of Flight of the Conchords started last night (Tuesday 13th May) on BBC 4 at 10.30pm.

I was a bit of a late comer to the whole phenomenon that is Bret, Jemaine, Murray, Mel and Dave but I immediately fell in love with New Zealand's 4th most popular folk parody band.

Unfortunately however, as feared, the first episode of this the second series was a bit of a disappointment. The filming style seems to have changed, they obviously have a bigger budget this time around and the whole feel of the episode seemed far too polished for my liking. The initial charm of the series was that it was simple in form, understated, it looked like they had a small budget and this only helped reflect the hapless characters and surroundings involved. The songs were also a disappointment, especially the song featured at the very end which seemed to have nothing to do with the storyline whatsoever and didn't make me laugh once.

It must be given a chance however. This episode did finish on everything returning to normal. Murray now back in the New Zealand consulate and back managing the Conchords. We now have to hope that they return to the previous series style, the songs that follow get back to being lyrically sublime and The Flight of the Conchords get back to having no gigs.