This post is about the third episode of series two. If you want to avoid spoilers, you can listen to 'No Body There' here.
Ah, 'No Body There' AKA 'the one with Johnny's parents'. It stood to reason that if Johnny has been avoiding his sister's calls, then he also hasn't seen his mum and dad in a while, hence this story.
Episodes in which we meet characters' parents are always fun to watch. There are only ever two scenarios. Either their offspring are carbon copies of their forebears or the complete opposite of them. As Dead Drunk Detective is a comedy, it was obvious that the latter was the best way to go.
Sure, Johnny's witty rejoinders can have a touch of a Dad Joke about them, but his grumpy demeanour is set against Sarah and Hugh's relentless cheeriness. He rebelled against his parents by being a bit of a dick.
Speaking of which, 'kick a bloody bat in the Hell' is one of the strongest swears in the series. I tend to imagine I am writing for a pre-watershed Radio 4 comedy, so 'damn' and 'shit' are usually the harshest words used (with 'damn' usually be said in relation to Satan).
It was at this point in the series that I realised I had not repeated many of the monsters featured in the show. Not wanting to suggest there was only one of each, I started to reuse some. The previous episode was full of ghosts and this one features a new witch. Plus, Vince Hampshire (the surname is a nod to the county where I went to university) suggests there may be another zombie...
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