James Walton

Lacks the bite and bracing malevolence of Call My Agent!: Amazon’s Ten Percent reviewed

Plus: the stirring delights of Secrets of the London Underground

A far too kindly portrait of showbiz life: Amazon Prime's Ten Percent. Image: Rob Youngson 
issue 07 May 2022

In theory, it should be a perfect match. John Morton – the man behind the brilliantly assured sitcom W1A which so gleefully skewered the BBC – gets to give us the English version of Call My Agent!: the brilliantly assured French lockdown hit which so gleefully skewered the Parisian showbusiness world.

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