Don’t Forget The Driver: BBC2

[Legacywr]

New Toby Jones comedy. Could be good?

[PorkInsider]

Legacywr said:

New Toby Jones comedy. Could be good?

Yes, it could have been...

[vixen1700]

Found it a bit mis-jointed with too many characters and not very funny. Shame.

[Legacywr]

I think it could develop, slowly, like the Detectorists.

I quite enjoyed it

[garythesign]

Anyone know if this is repeated?

I live in Ireland so,cannot use iPlayer

[PositronicRay]

Legacywr said:

I think it could develop, slowly, like the Detectorists.

I quite enjoyed it

I thought I'd enjoy it more, agreed it has potential. I like Toby Jones, the character was resigned to mediocrity, he played it to perfection.

The other driver is a lazy phoenix night, office, gavin and Stacy type caricature.

It has potential to become quite dark.

[SickAsAParrot]

Reminded me of Flowers, full of wierdness. It has the potential to be entertaining if not laugh out loud funny and that's OK by me.

[gobuddygo]

I used to be coach driver some of it reminds me why I got out of the job over 25 years ago, driving 200k Machines for basic wage and carrying the most expensive load you could ever carry for no thanks, and it's not that funny.

[Honk]

Desolate.

[coppice]

It's growing on me ; assuredly it is not a mainstream comedy and nor is it the sort of quintessentially English eccentricity of Detectorists either . Stunningly shot , and broodingly dark . We all know its main theme is Brexit but it is subtly done , just a subtext to the plot - or rather lack of one, as this seems to me to be almost entirely character driven . I will stick with it ...

[Fluid]

I’ve watched the first two, they were alright. I’ll stick with it, could be a slow burner.

[DSLiverpool]

Cannot name his car. Has ford locks so maybe a Mazda ?
Yep it’s a Mazda 121 visible episode 3 lol

Edited by DSLiverpool on Sunday 14th April 12:08

[snuffy]

I watched the first 2 episodes last night.

It's brilliant but it's not a comedy in any way, shape or form. It's about the disappear of his life.

But one thing struck me; if Toby Jones was not an actor, I reckon he'd actually be that character in real life.

Edited by snuffy on Wednesday 17th April 09:18

[PositronicRay]

I think it has potential, comedy is changing. Look at flea bag and catastophy, stuffs becoming darker.

I like it.

[Randy Winkman]

I like it but I'm not sure it's any sort of comedy.

[coppice]

Like Fleabag, which ended up as nothing like a comedy in the conventional sense , and like Detectorists and plenty of other good stuff like Rev , Extras and so on this is a TV show with elements of humour , drama and tragedy . And it's all the better for that, as the saints preserve us from conventional sit coms - or at least the 99.999% that aren't Frasier or Cheers .

[T-195]

Thought it looked st from the trailer and I don't get the love for Jones.

Aam oot!

[TwistingMyMelon]

I was in bed with flu so watched them all back to back

Wow one of the best things Ive seen in a long time

Took to about episode 4 to get going , then it was very dark yet comic gold

I found watching them close together improved things

Not for everyone

[Evangelion]

I watched about 10 minutes of the first episode but didn't find it funny, so bailed out.

However some have said it's a slow burner so I may go back to it and give it another chance.

(When I've finished watching Back To Life - now that is dark.)

[speedking31]

"Danzig." "You're welcome."