Viewers of ITV’s Douglas is Cancelled have been left disenchanted over the ‘boring’ and ‘unfunny’ script and have taken to social media to demand to know the joke that Hugh Bonneville’s character made.
The brand new present tells the story of a ‘nationwide treasure’ information presenter who’s left preventing to save lots of his profession and repute after accusations that he made a sexist joke go viral.
The 4 episodes then comply with Bellowe’s relationship with Madeline Crow – his youthful, extra dynamic colleague portrayed by Karen Gillan – and the way it modifications after information of his alleged wrongdoing first emerges.
However the mini sequence has disenchanted audiences hoping for an thrilling first episode.
The sequence, created by Sherlock author Steven Moffat left many wishing the present itself was cancelled and described it as ‘actually bloody terrible’ and ‘unfunny and awkward’.
Douglas is Cancelled stars Hugh Bonneville as Douglas Bellowe whereas Karen Gillan seems as Madeline Crow, his co-anchor
The reveals has a stellar solid. Pictured: Ben Miles from The Crown (entrance left), Physician Who’s Alex Kingston (far proper) and the actor and comic Nick Mohammed (left)
The present follows a information presenter who’s left preventing to save lots of his profession after accusations he made a sexist joke go viral
Viewers took to X to vent their frustrations on the first episode of the present starring Hugh Bonneville
Inside the first half-hour of the premiere, viewers had taken to X to share their ideas.
One viewer wrote: ‘Terrible!! Merely terrible.’ whereas anotherdescribed it as ‘not humorous’.
Others have been harsher and wrote: ‘Simply wasted an hour of my life watching Douglas is Canceled on ITV what a load of garbage’.
Many posted that they could not even make it by way of the primary episode and gave up watching
Douglas is Cancelled courted controversy earlier this month when its author mentioned the inspiration behind the sequence however refused to call who it was based mostly on.
Referring to the real-life character who impressed the comedy drama, Moffatt advised the Royal Tv Society Journal: ‘It is not the primary a part of the plot, however he was caught misbehaving and thought it would come up in an interview, so he needed to have a rehearsal interview with a junior colleague.
‘I used to be fascinated with the thought of how on earth that may work.’
The Sherlock and Physician Who screenwriter mentioned he’s fascinated with cancel tradition and advised The Sunday Occasions that you may solely cancel those that really feel disgrace and identified that it will be unimaginable to cancel Hitler or Donald Trump.
Some have been scathing of their criticism and mentioned the present itself needs to be cancelled
The present was written by Physician Who and Sherlock screenwriter Steven Moffat who has remained tight-lipped concerning the inspiration behind it. Pictured: Alex Kingston
Followers have taken to social media to guess who Bonneville’s character could possibly be based mostly on
He added: ‘We’re outraged when somebody who thinks the way in which we do is cancelled, however we’re completely completely happy to cancel another person.
‘However cancellation solely works on people who find themselves able to disgrace and want to be effectively considered.’
And that is why the author has revealed that viewers will not study what Bonneville’s character truly says till the ultimate episode, permitting the viewers to resolve whether or not he deserved to be cancelled or not.
Douglas is Cancelled, which aired tonight, options a powerful solid together with Ben Miles from The Crown, Physician Who’s Alex Kingston and the actor and comic Nick Mohammed.
