Devious, deviant, debauched and often devoid of humanity – Flack has been right up our alley.
A fantastic first series of the PR-themed comedy drama ended with the Holy Grail of celeb events – a Premier League striker and his bride’s star-studded wedding.
It became an explosive extravaganza – think Footballers’ Wives meets Absolutely Fabulous with a hint of Pulp Fiction.
Anna Paquin’s PR executive Robyn had just one of two niggles to iron out for the big day to go smoothly. Here goes.
Mum of man who can't walk or talk says DWP is making him prove he's disabled
Groom Patrick is secretly gay, with a penchant for sex clubs, casual hook-ups and copious amounts of drugs.
Hello magazine is paying a fortune for the wedding photos and Robyn must ensure they don’t find any celeb guests indulging in cocaine or threesomes.
When Patrick’s teammate Gary asks her how to make a lot of cash quickly she hatches a plan for him to come out as the first openly gay Premier League player.
The upside – he could be a pioneering role model with huge media coverage and lucrative endorsements.
The downside – Gary is straight with a long-term girlfriend.
But that’s a minor inconvenience for Robyn and her Mills Paulson PR pals.
Robyn, who could never be accused of being all work and no play, also finds time to break her lovely boyfriend Sam’s heart by taking drugs and having sex with best friend Eve’s boyfriend Tom, played by Marc Warren, who she met at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting.
Hanging on to your child's milk teeth could save their life in the future
Phew. A lot of action in less than an hour. And that’s key to this bold, brash, shocking, clever and funny series.
Canadian Anna Paquin has been brilliant as PR guru Robyn.
Intimidatingly efficient, intelligent, ruthless and formidable, she is incredibly good at sorting out her clients’ messy lives and digging them out of their self-made holes.
But her skills don’t extend to her personal life, a dysfunctional disaster zone.
She has a taste for any addictive substance and has sex with inappropriate people – all behind the back of loyal Sam, who thinks they’re trying for a baby.
She sounds pretty vile – because she is. But she’s also completely compelling.
Her super-posh colleague Eve, played by Lydia Wilson, wouldn’t know political correctness if it bit her on her Agent Provocateur lingerie-clad behind.
And company boss Caroline, actress Sophie Okonedo, gives looks that turn her staff to stone – then putdowns to make their souls wither and die.
The one innocent is Rebecca Benson’s Scottish intern Melody. Robyn finally realises her goodness must be protected at all costs – so fires her.
I’m very much hoping that they’ll all be back for a second series.
