Strap in for the return of Girls5Eva (Peacock UK), the beautifully silly comedy about a 90s girl band and their unlikely return to the public eye. The first season arrived at the start of the year, and its rat-a-tat gag rate was a perfect winter warmer. The second proves it wasn’t a one-hit wonder.
To recap: Girls5Eva were a flash-in-the-pan pop group in the late 90s/early 00s, until they fell apart and then lost their fifth member. (She didn’t leave, Geri-style. She died after the band’s breakup, in an infinity pool tragedy.) But when a hot rapper called Lil Stinker samples their one big hit, they stumble back into the limelight as an older, wiser four-piece, who are still hungry for fame, sort of – as long as it doesn’t interfere too much with the school run, or the dental practice, or the sham Christian marriage and potentially evil daughter, Stevia.
