The Goes Wrong Show
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 2019 - 2021
- 12 episodes (2 series)
BBC One comedy series starring the original founding Mischief Theatre members. Stars Henry Shields, Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Nancy Zamit, Charlie Russell and more.
Streaming rank this week: 435
Press clippings
BBC axes King Gary and Goes Wrong Show
BBC One sitcoms King Gary and The Goes Wrong Show have both been dropped by the broadcaster.
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Louisa Mellor, Rosie Fletcher, Elizabeth Donoghue, Jamie Andrew and Juliette Harrisson, Den Of Geek, 13th May 2022Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 shortlist
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British Comedy Guide, 17th January 2022The Goes Wrong Show, BBC1, review
Despite the name, this gag-heavy spoof series rarely trips up.
Gerard Gilbert, i Newspaper, 4th October 2021A welcome return for the heroically overambitious Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, whose misconceived genre pieces, scenery-chewing performances and internal power struggles create exquisitely calibrated chaos. Tonight, they're attempting a country house drama. But Robert is in charge and keen to make sure everyone does things his way. The overall effect is simultaneously gently comic and oddly experimental; like an avant garde theatre troupe gleefully parodying light-ent cliches. Great fun.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 27th September 2021The Goes Wrong Show review
A great theatre show that just doesn't translate to TV.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 27th September 2021Comedy.co.uk Awards 2020 shortlist
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British Comedy Guide, 1st January 2021BBC gets complaints over Goes Wrong Show's Nativity
The BBC has not revealed the nature of the complaints, but they are likely to revolve around questions of blasphemy. The show took plenty of liberties with the story - including Nine Wise Men - and featured fake corporate sponsorship (including the line 'even Jesus loves cash').
Chortle, 31st December 2020Mrs. Brown's Boys suffers in cross-channel ratings drop
Mrs. Brown's Boys has suffered its lowest-ever Christmas Day ratings this year, but amidst a much-criticised poor festive TV schedule, remains the second most-watched comedy special of the season to date.
British Comedy Guide, 27th December 2020