Series 1, Episode 2 - The Rival
Warren. Image shows from L to R: Bob (Mike Bubbins), Warren Thompson (Martin Clunes). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
Warren's business is not going well. He's losing pupils to a rival driving school, Daz's Drivers, and his online rating is through the floor. He sets out to turn the tide by canvassing for more pupils in the local area, but a series of unfortunate events leads to Daz's business booming more than ever. Can Warren turn his luck around?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 4th March 2019
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Press
What were they thinking of with Warren? Poor Martin Clunes: after so much redemptively good work - Vanity Fair, Manhunt, even Doc Martin's a lovely rounded well-acted part - he has apparently chosen to star in a "comedy" that could have been written in 1974. About a grumpy driving instructor. And that's it, folks. No jokes, no clever lines, no acknowledgments that there's nothing inherently laugh-out-loud in just saying "garden centre" or "driving instructor", or indeed that time and tastes move on and all that's left is a talented actor staring at the camera with what's meant to be sardonic pith but might actually be howling existential angst.
Euan Ferguson, The Guardian, 3rd March 2019