Don’t Forget The Driver: BBC2

[GetCarter]

It was alright. Some laughs. Did get better after a poor start. Tragi-comedies are tricky to do. Fleabag & Detectorists managed. This made a decent stab. Will be easily forgotten.

Edited by GetCarter on Thursday 18th April 13:44

[Evangelion]

I did go back and finish the first episode, and was sufficiently interested to watch the others. I wouldn't call it laugh-out-loud funny but the characters were good enough to make you care what happened to them and keep watching. Even Toby Jones's miserable mush wasn't enough to put me off.

(Mind you, I was ready to beat Dave to a pulp halfway through episode one.)

[droopsnoot]

Evangelion said:

(Mind you, I was ready to beat Dave to a pulp halfway through episode one.)

Yes, missed an opportunity to "accidentally" leave him in Dunkirk.

[minghis]

I just watched them all back to back.

There was something quite weird about the camera work, the pauses, the straight lines; something I'm sure someone who knows about these things would have noticed.

[WRumbled]

DSLiverpool said:

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

It's an early Nissan Micra.

[gobuddygo]

Well well well I watched the rest of the series tonight and realised my earlier comment about it being about coach driving in general was wrong, I thought it was very thoughtful amusing and the filming was brilliant, only laugh out moment was the model village episode, but a very well crafted black comedy 8/10 from me.

[nicanary]

I don't binge-watch, so I'm viewing each one week by week. Last night's was the Japanese tourists at Hampton Court.

Loved the tour guide Mel talking Japanese and quoting "Bugger Bognor".

[nicanary]

Last one yesterday. I found it quite moving when the dead refugees were buried to the sound of Elgar - so quintissentially British, the land they desired to live in.

Hope they make a second series.

[gobuddygo]

nicanary said:

Last one yesterday. I found it quite moving when the dead refugees were buried to the sound of Elgar - so quintissentially British, the land they desired to live in.

Hope they make a second series.

Thanks for the spoiler alert, not watched it yet

[Randy Winkman]

gobuddygo said:

nicanary said:

Last one yesterday. I found it quite moving when the dead refugees were buried to the sound of Elgar - so quintissentially British, the land they desired to live in.

Hope they make a second series.

Thanks for the spoiler alert, not watched it yet

In defence of nicanary, I'd not read a thread if I wasn't up to date with watching it - what's the point?

[snuffy]

nicanary said:

Last one yesterday. I found it quite moving when the dead refugees were buried to the sound of Elgar - so quintissentially British, the land they desired to live in.

Hope they make a second series.

I really enjoyed it. But i'm not sure if they can make a second series as the story come to a conclusion.

[Randy Winkman]

I'd love it of they did - with most of the same people but a different storyline. The relationships between the driver, his daughter and the snack-bar owner didn't come to any conclusion.

[PositronicRay]

I thought it missed the mark. The girls mum must have had some strong genes too.

[snuffy]

PositronicRay said:

I thought it missed the mark. The girls mum must have had some strong genes too.

That crossed my mind as well - she's dead fit and he's as ugly as the grave !

[eccles]

GetCarter said:

It was alright. Some laughs. Did get better after a poor start. Tragi-comedies are tricky to do. Fleabag & Detectorists managed. This made a decent stab. Will be easily forgotten.

These are my thoughts as well, To me it didn't quite hit the mark that the others did.

[T-195]

Sounds st.

I don't doubt it won't be back for another 10 series.

[snuffy]

I wonder where he got the idea from ?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2614816/?ref_=nm_flmg...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05xxj3y

[droopsnoot]

Was there a hidden gag in the metal band tour poster on the daughter's bedroom wall? I can't remember exactly, but something in the list of venues caught my eye. Can't check it on iplayer as it seems to want me to log in now.