"Don't Forget the Driver" The Donkey Sanctuary (TV Episode 2019) Poster

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6/10
Pretty solid. Peter has a kind heart.
Sleepin_Dragon25 November 2019
Peter has a coach load of Baptists heading for the donkey sanctuary, but has his mind on many things, an illegal immigrant, his mother's dementia and his daughter's new job.

Plaudits to the writers for pushing the boundaries, and adding some pretty taboo subjects into a comedy show. Some elements are working, some perhaps aren't quite hitting the mark. Tony Jones is a terrific actor, the master of understatement. For all of the sadness we've seen so far, there was one moment to raise a smile, when the kid gifts his donkey.

Kate Fahy who played Lyn was very good, a TV stereotype we've not seen since the eighties.
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5/10
The Donkey Sanctuary
Prismark1015 May 2019
Peter really does have the weight of the world on his shoulders. No wonder he has the nightmare of him being the corpse on the beach.

Peter gets his daughter a job in a burger van, she really is not cut out to flip burgers.

Wherever he goes he keeps seeing the migrant woman being harassed. Peter eventually offers her a sanctuary on the coach as he makes his way to the donkey sanctuary.

I get The Detectorist vibe about this show yet even in the second episode, the laughs were rare. It just seems that the term sitcom has been replaced with the term dramedy. Only when the diminutive Peter confronts the driver honking him and then runs back to his car as the other guy was much bigger, it was the only time I laughed.
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