I'm not a diehard Gaiman fan but I loved 'American Gods' (mostly) and 'Sandman' certainly had its moments , so thought I'd give 'Good Omens' a go.

Series One was pretty good, and the two leads are a terrific double header. The series had good energy and looked absolutely beautiful (lots of budget but well spent).

On the strength of the series, I watched the second offering, and found it to be quite a car crash.

There is plenty of humour in the script but either the director had his hands tied by too many producers or he kept walking off set and leaving the cast to just get on with it.

I don't remember when I saw such badly timed jokes (both visual and verbal). So much of the material lands dully, just seconds too late. This would be fine if it just happened a couple of times, but you see it again and again.

It needs a light touch, there is no deftness, no ballet; the whole crew needed to sit in front of a box set of 'Modern Family' take notes and up their game...