G'Wed

[Utter Shit]

Anyone else seen this? It's got a terrible name and not only is it on ITV, home of the shit sitcom...it's actually been buried on ITVX. Making it possibly the lowest pedigree comedy series I can remember in terms of terrestrial TV.

And yet...it's pretty good! It's about a group of teenagers, and involves a posh kid moving to the local comprehensive, so the comparisons with the Inbetweeners are inevitable and absolutely valid, but it's not just a shit rip-off.

It's set in Liverpool which immediately gives it a bit of distance from the Inbetweeners, and it feels more like a modern-day take on that show (which makes me feel sick to say, because surely the Inbetweeners only came out about five years ago) than a copy. The main cast of kids are pretty much all great, particularly Reece. Based on the first episode, it feels like it will have a bit of heart to it as well.

I've only seen the first episode, and I was definitely coming into it with extremely low expectations so maybe I'm more positive than I would be if it was made by another channel, but I'll definitely be sticking with it for a few episodes to see how it goes.

https://www.itv.com/watch/gwed/10a1909/10a1909a0001

[Asclepius]

It continues to be good, several episodes in. Great cast and, as you said, it had a real heart to it. Not punching down in the same way, say, Shameless often did.

[dissolute ocelot]

Cool. I've not watched it yet but it's got some press from Russell T Davies praising it on social media (he's not directly involved but has done stuff for ITVX). And Stuart Heritage also liked it but I'm sure that's not reason to avoid.

[chutnut]

Yeah we watched this last week and thought it was surprisingly good. From the name/poster/first 5 mins it looked like it was going to be awful. Ended up watching the whole series in one go

[Twilkes]

I'm sure there was an article, possibly on BBC, about the greatest unknown sitcom, and it turned out to be this. I assumed it was some old thing from decades ago but apparently not.

[Goldentony]

has anyone else from Liverpool here never once said "liverpudlian" or g'wed

[Chollis]

bunted asswipe

[Mobius]

I'm sure there was an article, possibly on BBC, about the greatest unknown sitcom, and it turned out to be this. I assumed it was some old thing from decades ago but apparently not.

was it this one?

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/feb/21/a-funny-filthy-classic-in-the-making-this-rare-beast-of-a-sitcom-has-been-criminally-overlooked

it does sound quite good. is it more comedy or drama?

[no_offenc]

has anyone else from Liverpool here never once said "liverpudlian" or g'wed

i say "go 'ed" fairly often, not sure what this "g'wed" bollocks is

[Kankurette]

I've heard Scousers say 'go ed' but not 'g'wed'.

[JesusAndYourBush]

When I saw this thread the other day there were only a couple of posts and I didn't understand the title.  Saw a trailer for the show yesterday and it became clear, except you wouldn't spell it like that would you?

Also I've heard "come 'ed" a bunch if times but I can't remember ever hearing "go 'ed"

[Jackson K Pollock]

I've read this thread and watched the first episode and I still have no idea what the title means.

Is it just an abbreviation of "Go ahead", or is there more to it than that?

[spicedgold]

Yeah, an abbreviation of "go ahead". Might say it if your football team has a chance of scoring a goal etc

[Bernice]

I've definitely said it and probably even written it in texts

[imitationleather]

Odd title, but I really enjoyed the three episodes I watched earlier. It occupies a midpoint between Inbetweeners and Skins, I reckon.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

The Skinbetweeners?

I feel like Ladhood deserves mentioning - so there it is.

[A Hat Like That]

Watched first two episodes last night. Solid. Thought the two male teachers were well cast, well acted. Good number of extended cast so real room to play in later episodes - thought the best little 'moment' was the arabic/shakespeare scene in episode 2.

[neveragain]

I'm shocked by the positive reviews given the how crap the trailers looked.

[ERADICATOR!]

Alright. New in town. Binged G'Wed yesterday and very much enjoyed it. I will say, though, as a Scouser, it does err a bit too much on the 'Scousers are harmless cheeky wits' side. No-one got stabbed or hospitalised, which was deeply unrealistic as far as my school experiences go. I did appreciate them not toning the language down too.

[lauraxsynthesis]

Good in a lot of ways, but are the 2 angry gym dudes who don't wear uniforms supposed to be in the same class as the main characters? They look about 30?

[imitationleather]

I assumed them looking so much older and out of place was meant to be a joke. I remember at that age girls would have older boyfriends who were probably barely 20 but they also looked absurdly old compared to us.

[Bob-Kate]

Binged it this week and thought it was boss.

Yeah, it has definitely borrowed from both Derry Girls and The Inbetweeners, but that's fine - it's taking the good stuff from both of them.

Particularly liked

Spoiler alert

• The two main girls mentally torturing their teacher - and their friendship generally, which brought back lots of memories of being a teenager
• The fake devout muslim stuff - and the fake halal animal slaughter
• The utterly silly, filthy obsession the Kevin McKidd-alike has with eating out Reece's mum's arse
• The Arabic Shakespeare scene
• All the daft TikTok shenanigans - such as Nan and the football celebrations
• Scouse acting legends Louis Emerick and Sunita Sarkar turning up

[close]

Some touching scenes along the way too.

Could do without the older bully lads - one note and not very well acted.

Hope it gets another series.