Quote: Dave @ April 24 2013, 11:36 AM BSTFor the most part, I liked it, but could do without the daughter etc perhaps. Will see how it progresses. Also, surprised they've buried it at 10:35 when they gave guff like Big Top primetime.
Shame it wasn't buried all together!
Quote: David Smith @ April 24 2013, 3:49 PM BSTIt was so funny made me laugh so much.
The only explanation is that you're soft in the head?
Quote: gb901 @ April 24 2013, 4:49 PM BSTThe only explanation is that you're soft in the head?
No need to be personal, gb901.
The part where he phoned the shop assistant made me grin. Slightly. 
What was the last great BBC sitcom filmed before a live studio audience?
My answer: Men Behaving Badly (1992-99) - which ended 14 YEARS AGO
...ever since then we've had to make do with average sitcoms like Coupling (2000), My Family (2000) (which was good when Nick was in it), My Hero, Not Going Out (2006) and The Old Guys (2009) to tide us over until something hopefully great comes along - though that's not looking hopeful now.
Even though the 70's and 80's are seen as the hey day for great BBC sitcoms - the 90's were not too shabby either...
You Rang, M'Lord?
One Foot in the Grave
Keeping Up Appearances
Bottom
The Brittas Empire
2point4 children
Absolutely Fabulous
As Time Goes By
Men Behaving Badly
The Vicar of Dibley
The Thin Blue Line
I'm Alan Partridge
Dinnerladies
Mrs Brown's Boys and Miranda are both massive shows, whether you like them or not, the awards and viewing figures don't lie.
Quote: Ringo @ April 24 2013, 5:22 PM BSTThe part where he phoned the shop assistant made me grin. Slightly.
I 
ed. A good sitcom gag. I was surprised how much I liked this. Certainly the long run of laugh free sitcoms till a revival of sorts has made me warm to this Elton style much more than I did. But Haig's enthusiasm definitely helps.
Quote: dennispennis123 @ April 24 2013, 5:53 PM BSTMrs Brown's Boys and Miranda are both massive shows, whether you like them or not, the awards and viewing figures don't lie.
Do you think it likely that The Wright Way will get awards and viewing figures? You can tell critics to get stuffed if you've got a Bafta and five million a week. It's rather harder if you're being shunted into a graveyard slot and the closest you are to an award is sharing a table with Jim Davidson in the pub next door.
Quote: Tokyo Nambu @ April 24 2013, 6:24 PM BSTDo you think it likely that The Wright Way will get awards and viewing figures? You can tell critics to get stuffed if you've got a Bafta and five million a week. It's rather harder if you're being shunted into a graveyard slot and the closest you are to an award is sharing a table with Jim Davidson in the pub next door.
No. I was only replying to the poster above mine who said that the BBC hadn't made a good studio sitcom since Men Behaving Badly.
I think it's unlikely The Wright Way will get a second series...
Studio sit-com? in Rupert Pupkin's basement perhaps. Never mind 30 years old, this script wouldn't made the grade for On the Buses. And I'm so undemanding I laugh at Mrs Browns Boys.
And as for the woeful H&S jobsworth jokes is Elton jealous of his former partner Lloyd Webber's popularity with Daily Mail readers?
And I wonder what this young man would have made of the pathetically laboured double entendres -
Quote: dennispennis123 @ April 24 2013, 6:32 PM BSTI think it's unlikely The Wright Way will get a second series...
If it gets to the fourth episode then he's doing better than his last series.
I know Ben Elton must have made him a few quid but really:
Dr. Brian May @DrBrianMay 15h
Watching Ben Elton's new Sitcom on iPlayer. The Wright Way. Very funny!
And you thought playing Sun City was shameless.
As Gerald, David Haig is as marvellous as ever. I now agree with Aaron that he is a little more different than just being Grim in The Thin Blue Line. In some ways, he is a little like Fowler too. There's a naivety about him, he seems to harken back to the old days. The tap thing, although funny, does beg the question: Is that the sort of thing Gerald implements and, if so, how can he rail against it?
Quote: Aaron @ April 22 2013, 6:14 PM BSTI've just previewed the first episode. I think it safe to say that if you hated The Thin Blue Line, don't bother - but if you loved it, then you're almost certain to enjoy The Wright Way. It's very much in the same vein; similar in tone, style and humour.
I loved TTBL and this is in the same vein but, sorry, this was awful.
I have to say that actually I thought that The Wright Way wasn't too bad, some very funny scenes, especially the part with the sink, but the two lesbians really annoy me. They are very badly written!
Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ April 24 2013, 6:11 PM BSTI
That whole scene was lifted straight from an episode of Frasier where he was trying to rent a DVD.
