- Radio Times
- Review by:
- David Butcher
Worst Week of My Life was one of the standout rom-coms of recent years. ITV’s new series comes to us from the same writing team, but they’ve mislaid their deft touch with caricatures and comic mishaps. Instead we get a fairly heavy-footed farce revolving around four 30-something lads from Stockport — all likeable and well acted, but at the mercy of laboured plots. For instance there’s a salsa class full of embarrassment (two blokes have to dance together!) and a getting-the-groom-to-his-wedding caper that goes wrong in ways we can see coming from the Pennines.
Underneath the prehistoric take on relationships and gender differences, it’s a series with a warm heart and a
sense of fun. What feels odd is that a drama about 30-somethings in 2013 should look and feel so proudly and resolutely old-fashioned.
About this programme
1/6. New series. Comedy about four thirtysomething men who gather for a weekly night on the tiles in Stockport, as they try to help each other solve problems surrounding work, romance and family. Would-be alpha male Hodge narrowly dodges wife Kath's fury after botching the plans for their wedding anniversary party - and then he and the other lads get waylaid on the way to the venue after stopping to help a worse-for-wear companion. Starring Lee Boardman, William Ash, Craig Parkinson and Stephen Walters.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Beggsy
- William Ash
- Hodge
- Lee Boardman
- Glyn
- Craig Parkinson
- Daz
- Stephen Walters
- Colleen
- Naomi Bentley
- Julie
- Christine Bottomley
- Kath
- Rebekah Staton
- Warren
- Ricky Tomlinson
- Mrs B
- Susie Blake
- Bev
- Isy Suttie
- Kelly
- Jessie Clayton
- Mandy
- Lucy Gaskell
- Wayne
- Oliver Boot
- Gerado
- Alex Lowe
- Chris
- Tom Bennett
- Martha
- Beatrice Kelly
- Summer
- Jessica Gunning
- Train attendant
- Andrew Buckley
- Barnet leader
- Connor Mills
Crew
- Director
- Elliot Hegarty
- Executive Producer
- Jimmy Mulville
- Executive Producer
- Paul Schlesinger
- Executive Producer
- Mark Bussell
- Executive Producer
- Justin Sbresni
- Producer
- Pat Lees
- Producer
- Angela Sinden
- Writer
- Mark Bussell
- Writer
- Justin Sbresni
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