Premise
The plot for each episode of the programme focuses on the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society having the opportunity to conduct a play on live television before a live studio audience. As with the stage performances conducted by Mischief Theatre as the fictional theatre company, all productions and events done by the Cornley group tend to go wrong due to issues with props and stage pieces, mistakes with lines, and problematic accidents; in some cases, the play goes wrong right from the start due to a mistake setting it up.Cast
* Henry Shields as Chris Bean - the company's pedantic, long-suffering director, who struggles to keep the play running smoothly. * Henry Lewis as Robert Grove - an actor who believes acting is all about presence and volume. He constantly feuds with Chris over the lead role of performances. * Jonathan Sayer as Dennis Tyde - an actor entrusted with small roles, including animals and inanimate objects, due to his inability to remember lines and his misinterpretation of stage directions and instructions. * Dave Hearn as Max Bennett - an actor who is talented, but tends to be a ham when making an entrance or performing a stunt. * Charlie Russell as Sandra Wilkinson - an actress who tends to overact when performing and keenly seeks to impress her audience. * Bryony Corrigan as Vanessa Wilcock-Wynn-Carroway - an actress who tends to suffer frequent accidents during performance and cannot cope with improvisation. * Nancy Zamit as Annie Twilloil - a member of the company roped in against her will to be an actress, often being assigned to supporting roles that may not work so well. * Chris Leask as Trevor Watson - the company's stage manager responsible for the scenery and props, who does his best to avoid being seen by the audience when fixing mistakes; although occasionally roped in as a supporting character when required. * Greg Tannahill as Jonathan Harris - an actor who struggles when performing to be noticed, due to either being unable to open the doors on a set and thus sometimes getting trapped, or having his scenes messed up by mishaps and accidents. * Ellie Morris as Lucy Grove - an actress who suffers from stage fright, anxiety and distress, mostly due to her uncle Robert's harsh training of her acting skills.Production
Background
In 2016, Mischief Theatre was offered the opportunity by theDevelopment
''The Goes Wrong Show'' was announced by the BBC on 22 February 2019. The show was commissioned by BBC's controller of comedy commissioning, Shane Allen, and Charlotte Moore, director of BBC content. Following the success of the first series, the BBC commissioned a second series, which premiered on 22 December 2020. The first half-hour episode was a re-telling of theEpisodes
Series 1 (2019–2020)
Christmas Special (2020)
Series 2 (2021)
Reception
The first series received generally positive reviews. '' Radio Times Huw Fullerton said that "The Goes Wrong Show ... is actually the laugh-out-loud new project from the Mischief Theatre company". Tim Dowling from ''Watch-along
On 3 April 2020, during theDVD release
The first series was released on DVD by Lionsgate Home Entertainment UK on 10 February 2020. DVDs of the two specials, '' Peter Pan Goes Wrong'' and ''A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong'', were released on 29 March 2021 and series two was made available, all again through Lionsgate Home Entertainment, from 20 December 2021.Notes
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