Warren (TV series)


Warren is a British sitcom, which aired on BBC One between February and April 2019. It features Martin Clunes, Lisa Millett, Tim Preston and Oscar Morgan in the main roles, and is written by Jimmy Donny Cosgrove and Paul McKenna. In May 2019, the BBC declined to make a second series.

Synopsis

The sitcom shows the life of the angry, impatient, selfish and abrasive driving instructor Warren Thompson, after moving in with his partner Anne Humphries and her two teenage sons Charlie and Danny in Preston, after her father, Bill falls ill.

Cast

An angry, impatient, selfish and abrasive driving instructor who is Anne's partner, Charlie and Danny's step-father and Ian and Paula's neighbour. He is loosely based on Cosgrove's father and also a character from one of his short films called "Warren Thompson Driving School".

Reception

Warren received mixed reviews, with some viewers calling it "uncomfortable", while The Telegraph called it "the final nail in the coffin for British sitcom".