Douglas Is Cancelled
- TV comedy drama
- ITVX
- 2024
- 4 episodes (1 series)
Comedy drama about a respected news presenter whose career is threatened after he makes an ill-advised joke. Stars Hugh Bonneville, Karen Gillan, Ben Miles, Alex Kingston, Nick Mohammed and more.
Press clippings
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British Comedy Guide, 15th January 2025Karen Gillan: 'It's better to tell the story of Douglas Is Cancelled than not tell the story'
Douglas Is Cancelled is laced with dark humour and shot through with ambiguity. That's where the tension lies.
Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 4th July 2024Is it the critics who are cancelling Douglas Is Cancelled?
Predictably enough, the summer's most divisive (so far) television drama is about a subject which is in itself endlessly divisive.
Barry Didcock, The Herald, 2nd July 2024Douglas Is Cancelled review
A news presenter's ill-advised remark kickstarts a four-part cancel-culture drama.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 30th June 2024Douglas Is Cancelled's twist ending is crass and unhelpful
When is empowerment not empowerment? When it's this.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 30th June 2024Why it's time to cancel TV dramas about cancel culture
ITV's new drama Douglas Is Cancelled tells the story of a newsreader whose job is threatened when a tweet goes viral. It's the latest proof that shows about cancel culture don't translate to TV, says Katie Rosseinsky.
Katie Rosseinsky, The Independent, 29th June 2024Douglas Is Cancelled review
A chilling tale of our woke times as Hugh Bonneville's gag leaves his life in ruins.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 28th June 2024Douglas Is Cancelled review
Halfway through Hugh Bonneville's new comedy-drama, you'll be ready to cancel Douglas yourself.
Philip Cunnington, Edinburgh Evening News, 28th June 2024Douglas Is Cancelled review
Don't cancel Douglas, it's (almost) brilliant.
Kathryn Fleet, Daily Mail, 28th June 2024Douglas Is Cancelled review
Hugh Bonneville is disarming in Steven Moffat's uneven comedy
i Newspaper, 27th June 2024