The Wright Way
Council Officer Gerald Wright is dedicated to the minimization of risk, even where no actual risk exists. If only he could control his own life with the same benevolent despotism with which he regulates other people's lives. Sadly, he can't. He's a recent divorcé and new single dad, and his personal life is one long struggle against the petty irritations and inconveniences which bedevil all our lives--those 21st-century slings and arrows of outrageous fortune against which Gerald's lengthy rule book is no defense.
- 2013-2013
- 1 season
- Comedy
Council Officer Gerald Wright is dedicated to the minimization of risk, even where no actual risk exists. If only he could control his own life with the same benevolent despotism with which he regulates other people's lives. Sadly, he can't. He's a recent divorcé and new single dad, and his personal life is one long struggle against the petty irritations and inconveniences which bedevil all our lives--those 21st-century slings and arrows of outrageous fortune against which Gerald's lengthy rule book is no defense.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2013
Episode 1
The Rogue Speed Bump
28 mins
Gerald Wright, Health and Safety officer in the town of Baselricky, has driven his wife away with his fussiness and now shares his house with his daughter Susan and her Lesbian partner Vic--who hogs the bathroom so much that Gerald must use the works washroom with its annoying push-button taps. As formidable work colleague Malika makes clear that she expects everybody to remember her birthday a rogue speed bump is spotted--whose removal could involve closing the M25. Gerald buys Malika a trendy scarf but must return it, as it still bears the security tag. Lacking a receipt, he is forced to make another visit to the shop and almost fails because of that speed bump, and then there's a mix-up in the receipts and Gerald discovers that he's given Malika a rather naughty present and she is not pleased. Then he has another washroom accident.
Episode 2
Conkers Bonkers
28 mins
The Mayor tells Gerald that he must prove that conkers are a health hazard or else he will lose his job. To compromise, underling Clive brings in chocolate balls that resemble conkers as a substitute. Back home, Susan persuades Gerald to entertain ex-wife Valerie and her hunky younger boyfriend Kyle, who wants Valerie to return to his native Australia and finance his new gym. Susan thinks he is conning Valerie for her divorce settlement and asks Gerald to put up a fight, but Gerald's protocol over supermarket queues proves to be his undoing. On the other hand, he impresses the mayor, who has mistaken a conker for a chocolate and tried to eat it, thus proving that conkers are a choking hazard.
Episode 3
Lethal Swing Back
29 mins
Having berated Victoria for using the last of the toilet paper, Gerald arrives at work to find that a toilet-roll thief has been in the Gents', so when Susan buys more paper, he takes a roll to work stuffed down his trousers--which causes him to be accused of being the thief. When Clive gets a bloody nose demonstrating playground-swing safety, Gerald goes for another roll and is again accused. After the thief has been identified, a toilet-roll dispenser is provided, but Gerald has considerable trouble using it and ends up being accused of vandalism.
Episode 4
Concealed Sharp Objects
29 mins
Desperate for the opportunity to be the creator of his own hazard warning, Gerald sees the chance when he pricks himself with a pin from a new shirt, but it is rejected. Susan and Victoria rehearse for the annual ballroom dance championship, previously always won by Gerald and Valerie--until she left him. Gerald aims to enter partnered by Malika after the mayor deserts her, but is thwarted when the pin pricks him, finally convincing the mayor of the dangers of sharp objects. Malika ultimately drops Gerald as he is clearly not over Valerie leaving him, while Susan tells her mother that Kyle is unsuitable for her.
Episode 5
Curbing the Kerb
29 mins
Gerald and his team become obsessed with the idea that pavements can be dangerous, despite no such evidence from their survey. Far more dangerous is the land-line in Gerald's kitchen when he literally gets into a tangle after phoning for an appointment at the prostate-cancer clinic and getting put on hold for hours; Victoria unwisely sends a rude picture of herself to an ex-girlfriend by mistake--and it becomes a YouTube classic; Susan starts to see that Kyle might not be a gold-digger after all but genuinely fond of Valerie.
Episode 6
The Deadly Receptacle
29 mins
Gerald is reluctant to keep his appointment for a prostate check-up because it's the afternoon of the ballroom championship. Meanwhile, his team looks into the American coffee chain Moonbonks and find their paper cups dangerously large. The mayor disagrees, as Moonbonks is sponsoring the dance contest and providing its prize. After a rectal examination by a man he had previously accused of queue-jumping ,Gerald takes to the dance floor with Valerie and wins the prize.