The Wright Way S01E01 HDTV x264-RiVER

the wright way is a bbc 1 sitcom written by ben elton, which began airing on bbc one on 23 april 2013.
it concerns a health and safety manager, his staff, and his family.

episode one: the rogue speed bump

gerald and his health and safety team identify an irregular speed bump on the streets of baselricky.
at home, he contends with bathroom hoggers.


really terrible, not worth a watch at all. all i can say is save your bandwidth!

from wiki:

the first episode received entirely negative reviews from critics.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] the
second episode was heavily criticised by tom phillips in the new statesman.[11] adam postans in the
mirror called it 'the worst sitcom ever'.[12]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_wright_way

from imdb (ratings: 2.5/10 from 83 users):
storyline

follows council officer gerald wright, a man dedicated to the minimization of risk, even where no
actual risk exists. if only gerald were able to control his own life with the same benevolent
despotism with which he regulates other peoples'. sadly he can't. a recent divorc

bs'd
i usually find myself on the other side of critics, but i have to admit....too, true! 🙂

what's going on with you brits? you used to be on top of the comedy game, but lately you're just producing
things that might as well come out of from between them buttcheeks. i mean, cuckoo, the spa, the mimic,
heading out, and now this piece of cr*p, really?!?

wasn't "the spa" the one with the old lady getting knocked off the rooftop? if so, that was actually a pretty funny ep, even
if it was was a rehash of the brittas empire. 🙂

well in all fairness ms browns boys is comedy genius. the other modern stuff has been pretty ordinary to
say the least.
gone are the days of hale and pace, the two ronnies, dave allen at large etc.

ben elton stopped being funny in the late nineties

ahhh.... too true, too true unfortunately ☹️

yeah, i know what you mean; there are a few good comedy shows out there from the uk but a lot seems
like crap. i will admit to a soft spot for the mimic which was as much drama and pathos as comedy, and
life's too short was bearable, and i quite enjoyed plebs and bluestone 42, and spy and fresh meat and
rev were good, and pretty much anything with or by charlie brooker is amazingly good, but the rest...
hmmm.

i think part of it is the fragmenting of the budgets and audiences now that we've gone digital and have 30+
channels as opposed to 5 (for example, a lot of comedy has been moved off bbc1 and 2 - the main
channels - and moved to bbc3 and 4 - the post apocalyptic wasteland, in terms of audience), and part of it
is what is getting commissioned.

seems like a lot of the good comedy is happening on these comedy game shows, such as qi, 8 out of 10
cats, never mind the buzzcocks, have i got news for you, and so on... well worth checking out, maybe
sign up for tvchaosuk dot com or similar.

or maybe what's being uploaded now is just a bad selection and we're not seeing the good stuff? any uk
residents care to comment?

this is somehow less funny than the big bang theory

just watched all 3 episodes, barely stayed awake. what kept me awake was the godawfull blonde lesbian.
she's a comedy black hole, sucking all the funny away. not that there was much, but still...

i did enjoy some of the comedies you mentioned (life's to short, fresh meat), and series like friday
night dinner and the inbetweeners. yet for every great comedy there seem to be 10 bad ones. it's like
throwing stuff at the wall, and they will see what sticks. it's starting to look more and more like the usa
over there.

now, i shouldn't be complaining. i'm from the netherlands, and comedies here are terrible. that why i
got into uk comedy.

thanks for the sites, but i get most of it from the pirate bay. i also would suggest thebox.bz, a site
that has almost everything they show on uk television.

thank you, tiny_caska & movielover2, for the show descritpions.

show information page:
http://eztv.it/shows/840/the-wright-way/
show description, air dates, show resources, and torrent links.
updated: may 09, 2013

what happened? the o-fuckin-lympics

the bbc spent so much money on it that they had nothing left for any good stuff. prob be the same
for another year or so. channel4, itv and the rest are concentrating more on drama and
factual/historical.

also we have so many good comedians that we have a myriad of panel shows that give us what we need
day after day ...

hignfy
buzzcocks
qi
8 out of 10 cats
mock the week
a league of their own
etc.

as for good comedy scripted, on now or in the last year:

watson & oliver
bluestone 42
derek
the revolution will be televised
episodes
chickens

what more do you want? we gave you so many good things and all* we get back is cagney and lacey and
50 versions of csi ... what next, csi:space station 1?
(oh, and if you nick my idea zuicker or bellisario, expect me to hire gibbs and reese to sort you
out ...)


*warning: does not include veep, the middle, modern family, tbbt, or wilfred - which all seem
reasonable enuff and get 8/10.

really?