Olivia Lee’s Naughty Bits is the undoubted highlight of Channel 4’s 2008 Comedy Lab series of pilot comedy shows.

In her own programme, which is a series of character-driven, improvised hidden camera sketches, Olivia Lee absolutely shines, successfully casting off the Balls of Steel shackles that have limited her comedy potential in the past.

Funny women are thin on the ground, as is good home-grown comedy these days – it’s either complete filth (the shock factor lost its impact years ago) or absolutely dreadful, so combining the two and looking drop-dead gorgeous all at the same time is quite a feat.  Although an accomplished comedy actress, Olivia’s looks certainly help in this setting (she has graced the pages of FHM in the past) because in some of the sketches participants are clearly thrown off their guard by her appearance – it’s hard to walk away from a tall, leggy blonde telling you she loves you even if she does have black mascara all over her face.  Having said that, it’s Lee’s quick-witted improvisation that really carries the show, especially in pressure situations as illustrated by our clip, in which she decides to walk on stage, give a lengthy speech and collect an award... somebody else has won.

Some may question whether the ideas and characters could be stretched to a full series, but we’d certainly like to see Channel 4 give the show a longer run, both Lee and the concept are more than deserving of that chance.

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Olivia Lee’s Naughty Bits... no real naughty bits, just great new comedy.