Dawn and Mick are hosting their annual Last Night of the Proms party, the perfect antidote to post-Brexit Britain. But not everyone is singing from the same song sheet.

Season 6 of Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s anthology series concludes a strong run with a black comedy farce that’s a little too over the top and silly for its own good. For me it’s easily the least of this run, lacking in the cleverness and wit of its forebears.

Maybe the problem is the subject matter – which in itself is no laughing matter. We’ve probably all had an argument with a friend or relative about Brexit, whatever side we support. As a source of conflict here, it soon becomes tiresome, as does the mockery of the little Englanders, prancing about at the Proms.

Or maybe it was just awful timing – the news on the same evening confirming that the Royal Albert Hall would not be at full capacity (unlike the one shown on the programme) for yet another month, and on the same day that GB News launched. That’s not the show’s fault, but its targets are both timely and tiresome at the same time.

Comedy is a funny old thing – but sometimes you just don’t get the joke. As a mirror on our society, this may be well observed, but it’s as depressing and infuriating as the crazy world outside, and who needs exaggerated characters when you can hear people like this every time you go to the supermarket.

Verdict: A rare dud, but only a blip in an otherwise excellent run. 6/10

Nick Joy