"Glee" has proved an unexpected hit over in the US, and of course Channel 4 thought it a good idea to bring it over to the United Kingdom, airing all of Season 1 since January. The first half of the cheesy 26-episode season, dubbed "Road To Sectionals", is out on DVD now, and was definitely a tricky one to pick up and review. At 13 45 minute episodes, there's a heck of a lot of story to cover, but each part manages to recap well using "Last time on Glee"-type segments. While each actor and actress effortlessly keeps the somewhat camp tone of this American comedy intact, it's undoubtedly the soundtracks that'll keep you coming back to "Glee" again and again- if anything, this set serves as an incentive to buy the albums available at CD and digital retailers already. So many new favourites appeared for me, including takes on "Keep Holding On"; "No Air"; "Smile" and "Don't Stop Believing", amongst many, many others. To summarise, while it's undoubtedly not for everyone, "Glee" mixes the weirdly humorous antics of "High School Musical" with brilliant comedies like "Friends" to result in one of the best US laugh-a-thons in a long while. BEAR IN MIND it's also one of the most Marmite series I've seen in a while too, so you may want to rent the DVD first, or perhaps catch a few of the E4 repeats!
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