This week we review - Man Down (Series 1 Episode 1)
Dan is a childish idiot trapped in an adult's life.
He has crushing character flaws, a uniquely dysfunctional set of friends, a teaching job he loathes, and a wilfully insane father conspiring to keep this man down.
Dan's world is at near collapse as Man Down starts. His girlfriend Naomi is fast running out of patience with his inability to navigate the simplest of life tasks, while his best friends are Jo who has, what can only be described as, the loosest of grasp on reality and Brian, a straight-laced financial adviser who is regularly dumbfounded by the complete idiocy of his two friends.
To compound matters Dan's listless teaching career sees him begrudgingly teach a version of the same lesson every day, inexplicably popular with all but one of the pupils, with his only highlight coming in the form of Miss Lipsey, a head mistress who views Dan with a mixture of pity and despair.
Written by Greg Davies
Produced by Spencer Millman, Toby Welch and Jane Wallbank
Directed by Matt Lipsey and Al Campbell
An Avalon Production for Channel 4.
Man Down is available here: https://bit.ly/2PSLRGC
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