'Orrible (2001)

Directed by

Dominic Brigstocke

Genre

sitcom

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A taxi driver in west London tries to make it as a small-time criminal. The series follows his bumbling attempts and the people around him.

comedicwrylightweightflatunpolishedunderstatedunremarkable

What happens

'Orrible is a British television sitcom produced by the BBC. Broadcast in 2001, it was written by and starred Johnny Vaughan. Vaughan stars as a cheeky chappy taxi-cab driver and wannabe small-time criminal in Acton (west London). Despite the BBC being confident and heavily promoting the series, it was panned by critics for the script and Vaughan's acting ability. It achieved very low viewing figures and ran for one series, and has never been repeated by the BBC. "Ultimately, it was shit" said Vaughan in a 2004 interview in The Stage. James Buckley made his acting debut playing Sean's son (and Paul's godson) in the sixth episode, Two Men and a Bastard (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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