Martin Clunes gets cancer and a terrible boss—British cringe comedy at its most vulnerable.
Comedy-drama about an advertising executive whose struggle to meet the standards of his demanding boss is made more difficult when he is diagnosed with testicular cancer.
Acting
Clunes weaponizes his everyman awkwardness brilliantly.
Writing
Cancer comedy that actually earns its laughs.
Director
Ben Bolt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Martin Clunes took the role partly because his father had faced similar health struggles.
Part of a 2000s wave of British 'misery comedy' about men falling apart—think The Office with actual stakes.
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