Kathy Burke's Walking And Talking, Sky Atlantic, review It was also inspired to cast the naturally off-beam comedian Jerry Sadowitz as Jerry The Jew, the sort of weird local who seemed accepted and commonplace in 1970s London. The way he keeps dropping his loose change is timed to perfection. Kath is quite keen on one older boy, although she does her chances little good when she suggests that Fred The Ted (Sam Palladio) should get real and accept that Elvis is dead. The Teddy Boy smashes her battery-powered cassette recorder and stomps off calling her a "Muppet." You also suspect that Burke - a previous winner of Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival - might have been having a tiny bit of revenge-fun on a couple of the Nuns from her old Maria Fidelis RC Convent School. Burke's Angry Nun has a sadistic side that leaks out in her hurtful comments to 'Pretty Nun', played by Sean Gallagher, after he/she tells Angry Nun of affection for the The Song of Bernadette actress Jennifer Jones. Angry Nun, who has scary Dennis Healey eyebrows, flicks away her fag before hissing: "Actresses! They are the whores of the fecking world. She then blows the school whistle and yells at the kids: "That's it - game over . . . feck off home!" Burke has brought to life the female soul-mate of foul-mouthed Father Jack. Burke said that Walking and Talking (directed by Tim Kirkby) "is my love letter to books, 70's television, music and friendship" and I guess I might be something of a target audience for the series. I'm one month younger than Burke, and also grew up in Camden, and enjoyed the way Burke has nailed the nuances and nonsenses of that time and place with clarity and wit, right down to the desperation to sneak in to see an X-rated film such as Apocalypse Now at Islington's Screen On The Green. Burke, as ever, is able to see the funny side of things, herself included. One of the running jokes of this episode was about her bad teeth. First, she suffers the indignity of Jerry The Jew commenting on her molars before Mary reports back the verdict of her boyfriend on her best friend's looks, saying: "He said 'Don't get me wrong, she's not bad and he'd seen worse', and then he said, 'she's a bit loud and a bit fat, but if she got her choppers sorted out she could be alright." Kath pauses for a moment before saying: "He can stick being loud up his anal!" Heartwarming and funny stuff indeed, and thank goodness Kath stayed loud.