In some circles, Danny Dyer is a national treasure. The man was the original Noughties rent-a-lad, starring in Human Traffic, The Football Factory and The Business. He played Eastenders’ Mick Carter for nine years and made headlines when, in 2016, BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? traced his family tree to two kings: William the Conquerer and Edward III. Does his latest on-screen turn in Sky's Mr Bigstuff add a jewel to his crown? Not likely.
This so-called comedy, which runs over six 30-minute episodes, focuses on an average man whose life is knocked sideways by the reemergence of an estranged brother, apparently on the run from his shady past. Slow and lacklustre, it leans heavily on Dyer’s real-life character with turns from former on-screen colleagues with no drive of its own.
