Meet Ria, the unworldly naif of BBC One’s latest slice of grade-A codswallop The Guest. Ria is “poor and hopeless”. We can tell that this is the case because she can’t use chopsticks, hovers wan and embarrassed over a food donation crate at the supermarket, and lives in one of those dingy, EastEnders-style flats that seem allergic to lightbulbs.
And meet her new boss Fran. Fran is “rich and mysterious”, and we can tell that this is the case because she owns a Roomba vacuum, speaks in a curiously monotone register as if she’s a drowsy cult leader, and has a kitchen that looks like a Lakeland showroom.
