EPISODE
Don't Forget The Driver - Season 1
It is a comedy mission, where there is a coach driver and single father try to make a new journey in their lives. they will navigate the post Brexit world surrounding his seaside enclave. The mission will be full of challenges and difficulties that make the couple men enjoy.
25 August 1971, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK
9 April 1961, St Pancras, London, England, UK
26 November 1943, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
1952, Isle of Man
7 September 1966, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
April 15, 2019
Don't Forget the Driver is an exquisitely made comedy drama -- more drama than comedy in these early stages, and bleak as hell.
April 15, 2019
Technically it's a story about refugees and Brexit, but it is clever enough not to push the point. It isn't funny, more whimsical and light-hearted.
April 15, 2019
It might not yet ring funny. It always rings true.
April 30, 2019
It exists within a familiar format -- the six-part comedy. You could argue about the comedy bit, because the laughs are muted, if they are laughs at all. The prevailing moods of this comedy drama are bewilderment and unease.
April 10, 2019
The bleak worldview and melancholic mood made it uncomfortable to watch at times, more akin to a low-key drama than a comedy. Don't Forget the Driver, sure - but don't forget the jokes either.
April 10, 2019
We got an oblique reflection of Brexit Britain, even if nobody actually said the detested B-word.
April 10, 2019
You could watch this and Home side by side and come away more deeply informed about our era's besetting sins and sorrows than any news site could manage. Art still has its uses - and popular art at that.
April 10, 2019
It is certainly slow-paced, and there is nothing wrong with that; indeed it is in this respect reminiscent of the excellent Detectorists, in which Jones also starred.
