The rise of Daisy Haggard is a rare glint of light in the darkness, a tiny scrap of proof that we can still have nice things. For the past four or five years, since the end of her turn as Myra Licht, the woeful head of comedy in Episodes, she has been at the centre of two of the most emotionally tricky comedy-dramas there have been (Breeders and Back to Life, the second of which she created and co-wrote). Now, she stars with Paterson Joseph in Boat Story, a six-part series with a prosaic title that belies a glorious concoction, the cleverness, style and innovation of which will add lustre to the CVs of all involved.
Written by the brothers Jack and Harry Williams (the producers of Back to Life and the creators of estimable dramas such as The Tourist, Baptiste and The Missing), it has the simplest premise at its heart: what would you do if you found a secret fortune that no one knew was there for the taking?
