Truthfully, I discovered this on terrestrial TV by accident when it was first broadcast and hadn't laughed so much at a mainstream TV comedy in years. Clearly a couple of reviewers (one seemingly a Tom Cruise fan - maybe a fellow scientologist????) were not amused by I was and so were many others.
Watch the outlandish portrayals of Paul McCartney, Jennifer Aniston, Bono, Heather Mills (McCartney), David Beckham, The Spice Girls, Elton John, Bob Geldof, Wham and many others all by a core cast of talented impressionists and actors to scripts with just enough reality to make your sides split.
Sails close to the wind most of the time (the revelation of Gary Glitter's unfortunate taste in female companionship and subsequent legal difficulties provide one set of jokes to give you an idea) and if a celebrity character turns up in an episode it won't be so they can be fawned. Each episode focuses on high profile celebrities of the time and references real events and news articles which might be why it was so funny.
Many of the cast have done sterling work afterwards plus the lovely Daisy Beaumont, Laura Patch, Dolly Wells and Thaila Zucchi feature in nearly every episode.
