The Trip to Greece, review: Very sad, very funny television from two of Britain’s best comic performers

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In the wake of the lamentable Philip Green satire Greed, it’s a relief to discover that Steve Coogan plus Michael Winterbottom plus Greece needn’t be a recipe for a complete sense-of-humour failure. After England, Italy and Spain, The Trip to Greece takes Coogan and his long-standing partner-in-jolly Rob Brydon on a tour through the Hellenic lands, from Turkey through modern Macedonia and Greece. The Trip’s genius is that the format lets two of Britain’s best comic performers the chance to have their cake, eat it, and then have some petits fours with the coffee afterwards.