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just tried to watch the latest "comedy" white van man, absolutely painful. turned off after 15 uneventful, joke/pun free minutes. Thanks for providing one tone will mellor with another pile of kak he cannot act and makes a marionette look animated. cheers beeb for nowt

I appreciate the personal side being put into the show but I found much of the humour lacking any real intent on being funny.

The majority of the people chosen to take on the characters were very much out of character and unconvincing. It's a good thing it's only a comedy which does need serious tweaking here and there.

I can see so much potential simply going to waste.

I think its hilerious when people bother themselves to criticise other people's work in comment threads like this. Its all well and good writing a criticism 100 words long but trying to sit down and write your own work worthy of other people's attention is harder and streneous (4 years in this case). Thankfully, Adrian Poynton has come up with a comedy that is filled with as much warth as laughs, in a totally original scenerio. The real funny thing is Adrian is deservedly laughing all the way to the bank now whereas *Sifin* laughing with himself and no one else!

One word "brilliant" I cannot remember the last time i have laughed so much at a sitcom, it was like a sledge hammer of jokes and just when you thought it had subsided Wham!! there is another one. But saying that it has a nice father son moment at the end to make you feel like the next day will actually be OK for him and just how much his dad wants him to succeed...
The characters are well scripted and well cast with not one of them being pointless to the episode or series
There is a habit in some sitcoms that the way to a quick laugh is something that makes you cringe or say no don't do that, which is something that makes me personally turn over to something else.
Anyway I am rambling as normal so if you haven't seen it already watch it on catch up!! Can't wait for the next one
Cheers

I disagree with the negative comments. I thought WVM showed a lot of promise. It did seem to be veering towards being a comedy drama but there were just enough laughs to get me to set the freeview recorder for next weeks episode.

It's far better than Friday Night Dinner, another 'not quite a sitcom' sitcom.

I liked it.

I enjoyed it , thought it funny , fast , loved the way everything that happened tied in with something that went before so that nothing was wasted. It surprised all the time ie. the clan website idea or even the web contact really being the mother using her daughters name. The first episode was a bit manic and I liked that. The second slowed a fraction but still fast ...except possibly for the handyman meeting which was a great idea but maybe drawn out a bit. I wonder where you get your ideas, are they mostly stuff you have seen or been told or are you dreaming them up. Whatever... I am looking forward to next Tuesday. By the way I am native to a seaside town in Co Dublin, so you dont need to be brought up UK side to appreciate the humour! It must be universal...ish

Big Fan anyhow!!

All in all, a great first episode. Hit's home, because I am a lifelong handyman, and actually drove a white van for awhile, but the term is not used here in the states. Really enjoyed the backround music, but cant find a soundtrack listing anywhere. Also, where have I seen Adrian before? I know he has acted, and it would be great to see him do a guest appearance in his own show. Kudos for achieving that 50%.

It's a promising start, but I found that, particularly in episode 2, I was longing for Mellor's character to catch a break. No-one gets that kind of continual bad luck. It's like they ramped it up to farcical proportions. Being a writer myself, I'd rather let the characters develop naturally.

And I'd have slapped or sacked his "assistant".

I would like to congratulate Adrian on achieving his ambition on having a sitcom commissioned.I know how terribly hard it is to convince your self that your on to a winning concept..let alone the ardous task of trying to gain the approval of the B.B.C executives that decide if you are worthy of their selection process!! I found W.V.M enjoyable and very well written. I would love to sit down with Mr Poynton and drink copious ammounts of tea, and discuss my sitcom project that has been 'bobbing' around my head since 2004!! I'm sure between the two us we could have another true to life and hilarious sitcom, after all as they say, two heads are better than one.Plus he managed to pull it off without resorting to a continuous ammount of smut and unecessary swearing!

Well done governer I wish you all the very best, please let me know your stand up dates :>

Just wondering if perhaps Adrian would share his writing technique with us? perhaps examples of his scripts could be posted on B.B.C. writers room. It would be intresting to see his use of structure,character arcs and plot development. As we all know sitcoms are perceived as the 'holy Grail' of comedy writng and as he has mastered these giant hurdles it would be brilliant if he could share this with us fellow aspiring frustrated writers! :> I wonder how he must feel today as his idea was aired and gratefully received last night? grinning from ear to ear and sinking some well earned bevys no doubt!

I watched this and thought it funny I never liked Two Pints but I enjoyed the two episodes and thought Will Mellor did a good job, really like the "you look like Mike" joke, some people on comedy writing sites have mixed opinion but they haven't had anything on TV so if I were in the writers shoes and under 33 as he claims to be I would be happy, Id buy some crocodile shoes to mark my success.

Hi guys my name is Luke and i'm from the big yellow van company. I though this was a great show, I've always liked will mellor and though he shone.
Didn't get great reviews but it was top draw.

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Thanks.

Just watched first two episodes back to back and I can't wait for the next episodes. Original, witty, Will is great in it, main characters are superb, well done ! at last a good sitcom, role on Series 2

I always trusted the ´óÏó´«Ã½ to deliver quality programmes. White Van Man is a total waste of licence payers money. Whoever is in charge of sanctioning expenditure on such drivel should be sacked.

I liked the first episode a lot. I thought it was a well-written, well acted and crafted piece of television. It's odd how some people disliked it so much. I preferred it to Episodes and thought it much better than Friday Night Dinner. It reminded me of Fawlty Towers a little - it made me cringe, but in a good way.

I thoroughly enjoyed the first two episodes, and confidently expect to enjoy the rest even more as I get to know the characters better. There were several ingenious ideas; "you look like Mike" for instance. Will Mellor is a convincing actor, and an unexpected bonus for me was to find the delectable and gorgeous Susanna Page (aka Stacey!) was a member of the cast in the 2nd episode (and hopefully more). Good job, everyone!

Not funny.

@peterpilot *Joanna Page

Absolutely love this show. Can't remember a show with such promise, yet simple premise. Keep it up!

After some late-night flicking, I found nothing was on, so decided to watch this crappy random thing that I'd never heard of.
... Except it turned out to not be crappy, and I'm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer catching up on the previous ones.

For an up-and-coming writer, you should be damn proud of yourself, gratz for successfully getting this up and running. It's incredibly watchable as a light-hearted thing. I think that it has a light-hearted feel to it - some programmes just try too hard, and it shows, they just look like they think the viewers are idiots. Sure, we probably are, but the game is to not let us know that you know that. WVM doesn't seem to force jokes! So it's all good news.

Keep 'em coming.

p.s. Ollie/Will Mellor is most certainly better than a 4/10. ;)

White van man is absoloutely fantastic! It's hilarious, fun packed and has something that everyone can relate to! I couldn't tell u what my favourite episode is because they're all excellent! Me and my brother are massive WVM fans roll on series 2 thank you Adrian poynton keep up the good work :)

hilarious comedy i hope theres a series 2 n people who dis this show need to get a sense of humour 10/10

Superb comedy! Darren is just hilarious. Well done and please make another series.

Really enjoyed the show. Can't believe some of the critical commentators were watching the same show. The question has been asked before , but couldn't see a reply, is it possible to get a track listing for the snippets of reggae/ ska played between scenes, thanks

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i think the characters and storyline is maturing. They are becoming moe defined and the subplots give the program diversity. I am no writer but I think the program was a bit loose and without direction in the previous series. From thewriters blog he doesn't seem like a professional writer as its just what he experienced through people he knew. With some more proffesional writers I think this program has legs. In fact it could turn out to the new Only Fools and Horses.

Where can I get the soundtrack to Series 3 White Van Man? My husband is enjoying the current series on ´óÏó´«Ã½3 so much that he wants to get his hands on the music. Probably reminded him so much of his youth. Can anyone help?