The Wright Way

The Wright Way

Title card
Genre Sitcom
Written by Ben Elton
Directed by Dewi Humphreys
Starring David Haig
Mina Anwar
Luke Gell
Toby Longworth
Beattie Edmondson
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Gregor Sharp
Lucy Ansbro
Producer(s) Ben Elton
Rohan Acharya
Location(s) Salford, Greater Manchester
Production company(s) Phil McIntyre Television
Release
Original network BBC One
Original release 23 April (2013-04-23) – 28 May 2013 (2013-05-28)
External links
[<span%20class="url">.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s5l2y The Wright Way]

The Wright Way is a British television sitcom written by Ben Elton which aired on BBC One in April–May 2013. It concerns a health and safety manager, his staff, and his family. Widely panned by critics, it was cancelled after one series.[1]

Plot

The series centres around Gerald Wright (David Haig), manager of the health and safety department of the fictional Baselricky Council implied to be in Essex. Wright's team includes Malika Maha (Mina Anwar), Clive Beeches (Luke Gell), and Bernard Stanning (Toby Longworth). His family includes daughter Susan (Joanne Matthews) and her girlfriend Victoria (Beattie Edmondson), and ex-wife Valerie (Kacey Ainsworth).

Characters

Production

The Wright Way (originally titled Slings and Arrows) was commissioned by BBC One Controller Danny Cohen and Controller of BBC Comedy Commissioning Cheryl Taylor.[2]

The series was filmed at the BBC's studios at MediaCityUK in Salford, Greater Manchester from January to March 2013.[2]

Episode list

# Title Director Writer Original air date
1"The Rogue Speed Bump"Dewi HumphreysBen Elton23 April 2013 (2013-04-23)
2"Conkers Bonkers"Dewi HumphreysBen Elton30 April 2013 (2013-04-30)
3"Lethal Swing Back"Dewi HumphreysBen Elton7 May 2013 (2013-05-07)
4"Concealed Sharp Objects"Dewi HumphreysBen Elton14 May 2013 (2013-05-14)
5"Curbing the Kerb"Dewi HumphreysBen Elton21 May 2013 (2013-05-21)
6"The Deadly Receptacle"Dewi HumphreysBen Elton28 May 2013 (2013-05-28)

Reception

Critics did not like the first episode.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] The second episode was heavily criticised by Tom Phillips in the New Statesman.[11] Adam Postans in The Mirror called it 'the worst sitcom ever'.[12]

References

  1. Dowell, Ben (9 July 2013). "BBC axes Ben Elton comedy The Wright Way – Heading Out and Getting on also chopped". Radio Times. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Filming begins on new BBC One comedy The Wright Way". BBC Media Centre. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  3. Simons, Jake Wallis (24 April 2013). "The Wright Way, BBC One, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  4. Sutcliffe, Tom (24 April 2013). "TV review – The Wright Way, BBC1". The Independent. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  5. Watson, Keith (24 April 2013). "Ben Elton's The Wright Way took a very wrong turn on the comedy front". Metro. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  6. Crace, John (24 April 2013). "The Wright Way; Edward VIII's Murderous Mistress; Keeping Britain Alive: A Day in the NHS – TV review". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  7. Heritage, Stuart (22 April 2013). "The Wright Way: the sitcom that proves Ben Elton is no longer remotely funny". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  8. Cole, Tom (24 April 2013). "Ben Elton's The Wright Way rubs critics up the wrong way". Radio Times. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  9. Tate, Gabriel (16 April 2013). "The Wright Way". Time Out. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  10. Sherwin, Adam (24 April 2013). "Ben Elton mauled by critics after getting BBC sitcom The Wright Way badly wrong". The Independent. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  11. Phillips, Tom (1 May 2013). "How did Ben Elton's "The Wright Way" get it so wrong?". New Statesman. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  12. Postans, Adam (28 April 2013). "The Wright Way: New BBC Comedy by Ben Elton is the worst sitcom ever". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
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