With the plethora of panel shows clogging the nation’s airwaves and identikit young stand-ups seemingly everywhere, endlessly commenting on mobile phones and social networking, observational comedy has earned itself something of a bad name.

On first impression, Mock The Week regular Holly Walsh’s gentle brand of self-deprecation and dissection of the mundane little things in life felt very familiar.

Walsh’s show, Never Had It, looked at that elusive ‘It’ factor that the likes of Barack Obama and Kate Moss have, but curiously Vladimir Putin and Walsh herself lack.

A self-confessed geek, Never Had It recounted our star’s history of just not being cool, from a childhood spent taking part in the Duke Of Edinburgh Award Scheme and researching monastic marginalia (look it up) to adult life, being ignored in restaurants and jealous of Alicia Keys.

Throughout, tales of awkward normality won over a small but appreciative crowd, the likeable Walsh a charmingly laid-back performer.

Though the themes covered were by no means original or approached in any particularly different way, this show’s success came through Walsh’s relaxed delivery, never needing to labour a point.

A conversational tone and some delightfully silly one-liners elevated this subtly skilful comedian above her myriad less amusing peers.