Rent The Goes Wrong Show: Series 1 (2020)
4.0 of 5 from 93 ratings
2h 55min
- General info
- Available formats
- All series
- Synopsis:
- Every week, the well-meaning amateurs of the Cornley Dramatic Society perform a half-hour play - live! - on BBC One: a horror story, a wartime drama, a legal thriller, a period romance, a deep south melodrama and a Christmas fable. And every week, the performance goes terribly, terribly wrong. Sets collapse, special effects fail, actors dry - life, limb and the studio audience are threatened. But the show must go on...
- Actors:
- Henry Shields, Bryony Corrigan, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Lewis, Charlie Russell, Nancy Zamit, Greg Tannahill, Dave Hearn, Chris Leask, Holly Sumpton, Ava Clancy, Jack Heasman, Sydney K. Smith, Lila Newby, Ellie Morris, Malcolm Raeburn, Silas Zaw, Will Oldfield, Tommy Blaize
- Directors:
- Martin Dennis
- Producers:
- Jim Poyser
- Creators:
- Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields
- Writers:
- Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields
- Studio:
- Lionsgate Films
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Comedies
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Reviews (2) of The Goes Wrong Show: Series 1
The Goes Wrong Show - and it always does. - The Goes Wrong Show: Series 1 review by Al
Brilliant. Funny. Crazy. Daft. Probably many more as well.
This is so funny, I laughed out loud. A 30min play where nothing goes right, from scenery collapsing to scenery constructed to the wrong size. and lots more. I think there are 6 plays in all.
If you like wacky comedy then this is for you. I am now looking forward to seeing them live somewhere.
Charlie Russell has the most amazing sideways looks. Watch it and you'll know what I mean.
Highly recommended.
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Brilliantly acted and choreographed - The Goes Wrong Show: Series 1 review by MM
When I first started watching I assumed it was actually performed live as a play in front of TV cameras, and was amazed: the actors seem to have no problem falling several feet onto a wooden stage (even head first!) without injuring themselves. If you watch the 7 minute featurette you discover that there is a certain amount of TV editing going on, and they are really falling onto crash mats as you would expect, but that's all part of the brilliance of the show — it looks completely real. Every mistake is perfectly scripted and choreographed, and the actors do an incredible job of pretending to be bad actors, while the real acting is in how they respond to each disaster as if it's completely unexpected.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.