The Wrong Mans (BBC2/Hulu)

Skid X

James Corden and Mathew Baynton write and star in this new six part comedy thriller, coming "this Autumn" (No transmission date yet.)

Also features Tom Basden, Dawn French, Emilia Fox, Nick Moran, Rebecca Front, Sarah Solemani, Karel Roden, Stephen Campbell Moore and Dan Skinner

From actor/writer duo James Corden and Mathew Baynton, The Wrong Mans series centres on Sam and Phil, two lowly office workers who become caught up in a deadly criminal conspiracy after Sam discovers a ringing phone at the scene of a horrific car crash.

Answering this phone turns his world upside down, as he and Phil soon realise it is up to them to step up and save the day. They are in the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong skills. They are The Wrong Mans.

http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/the_wrong_mans/

http://www.chortle.co.uk/features/2013/09/04/18609/we_ditched_funny_scenes..._because_they_felt_too_much_like_jokes

Corden is a good actor in is own right (he won the Tony award on Broadway), not much to go on in the trailers but it might be worth a look.

mike65

Hulu sounds like a snack food.

brian_t

DigiGuide have this starting on Tuesday 24th September at 9pm on BBC2

Skid X

I thought this was decent enough. It was stylish in places, and quite dark in tone. I'm not entirely convinced about Baynton and Corden yet but there was enough in it to drag me back for the next episode.

NIMAN

Can't enjoy anything with Corden in it, as funny as a kick in the stones.

Not a bad start to a series. A couple of decent comedic moments and the overall kidnapping plot seems well done. Really is just a shame that Corden is simply peddling the same tired act. I don't hate him like some do, I just find him incredibly bland and one note. Here his lack of any real talent is obvious and anytime he's on screen, proceedings grind to a halt and you're left hoping that he'll be killed off sooner rather than later.

brian_t

There is a second series coming at Christmas

The new run of episodes, once again co-produced by US streaming service Hulu, sees Sam (Mathew Baynton) and Phil (James Corden) 4000 miles from home, with Phil looking forward to reinventing himself, while Sam pines for his old life.

Distressing news from back home forces them to make a difficult choice: hide in the shadows and be forgotten forever or brave it in a world that doesn’t even know they are alive in order to get home to Bracknell in time for Christmas and reclaim their lives. First there’s just the small issue of busting out of a high-security Texan jail.

“The challenge and the excitement of coming to a second series was that we had to find the next chapter of the same story, rather than resetting. It’s more like a sequel”, said James Corden and Mathew Baynton. “In the first series Sam happened to pick up this phone and all this trouble descended on them. They are much more active this time, they are the architects of everything that befalls them.

“We pick up where we left off in series 1, but now Sam and Phil are different, they have changed as people because of everything that has happened to them, the stakes are higher and there’s even more danger now”, the duo added.

http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2014/11/bbc-two-releases-first-images-new-trailer-wrong-mans-christmas-special/

Harry Palmr

I really liked the Wrong Mans

Mr.Prodston

Brilliant, I really enjoyed the first season. Never even thought it would come back

brian_t

brian_t wrote: »

There is a second series coming at Christmas

On tonight and tomorrow at 9.00pm.

Repeated next Sunday and Monday.

Basq

Looking forward to watching this later..

.. I think we won't see seeing much from Corden (the marmite of the entertainment world) in the coming future with him taking over from Craig Ferguson on CBS's Late Late Show next March.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI840einsuY

He's vowed to keep doing ALOTO, but I think this could be it for The Wrong Man's.. which is a shame as both himself and Baynton are great together - even from a recent re-watch of 'Gavin And Stacey', Corden's scenes with Baynton's Deano were always great!

bnt

I started watching this, but didn't make it past the first 1/4 hour. The plot hinges solely on the protagonists being stupid and short-sighted. I know many drama plots revolve around people knowing the right thing to do and not doing it, but in this case there seems to be absolutely no justification for the way the characters behave.

So the "bad guys" said "don't call the police or we'll hurt the woman" - so what? That's standard "bad guy" practice, it's not as if the police have never heard that before.