Henning Wehn has made a bit of a name for himself as a wry, deadpan observer of British behaviour in his live shows so it made sense for him to present this light-hearted look at his adopted country in this new series, presumably scheduled to coincide with the EU Referendum.

What was more of a surprise was that the programme, in which various foreign presenters tried out native activities, was pretty much stolen lock, stock and barrel, by Mark Silcox, the UK-based Asian comic who is so deadpan, laid back and generally comatose he makes Henning Wehn seem positively manic.  

Silcox managed to go out on the lash with a bunch of lads and take part in the muddiest game of rugby you will ever witness without cracking a smirk once. In fact I’ve seen him a few times onstage and although this is his usual schtick I am starting to wonder if he is capable of smiling. 

There were plenty of enjoyable moments in this programme, even if some of them felt a little staged. A high street vox pop about immigration suggested that the British working classes are either idiots, racists or both. But maybe the people who gave reasonable answers were not good telly and edited out.

Likewise a set piece on British good manners in which Polish presenter Kamil sold coffee from a stall, sneezing over it and putting tabasco and his fingers in the froth did not prompt any complaints. At least not from the people featured. I did notice that the coffee was only £1 a cup so maybe people thought it was a bargain even with the risk of picking up man flu. 

There were also taste tests of British food and some cliched gags about our penchant for droning on about the weather but Wehn linked it all together neatly. Considering it was made by C4’s Factual Department rather than its Comedy Department it really was surprisingly entertaining. Maybe they should give Silcox his own spin-off series.

Mondays, 10pm, C4. Catch up here.