MOONBASE 8

Tuesdays at 10pm on FX

(StarHub TV Ch 507/Singtel TV Ch 310)

Being trapped with other people has been the basis of many a sitcom - and long before the pandemic made the world miss human contact.

Moonbase 8 is the latest astronaut-based series, a number of which have popped up recently.

Last year, Steve Carell missed the mark with his big-budget take on an ineptitude-laced race to the moon in Space Force.

Now it is the turn of Fred Armisen, John C. Reilly and Tim Heidecker.

If you recognise the names, then you know the type of comedy to expect. Awkward, wittering and often overlong improvisation.

Separately, each of these comedians have provided plenty of laughs. But here, it is a very dry affair - drier than Moonbase 8's desert location.

Cap (Reilly), Skip (Armisen) and Rook (Heidecker) are wannabe astronauts, stuck in an Arizona training facility, failing to prove they are worthy of a moonshot.

They have been there for months yet it turns out, after they are briefly joined by a much more efficient astronaut, the test can be completed in a matter of days.

The trio are happier to avoid the troubles of the real world and be kept in tinned bagels.