Talk show · TLC UK
Unacceptable
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TV DNA
How Unacceptable actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Unacceptable reads strongest on Humour, Serialized and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The story
What it's about
Competing comedians as they try to convince a live studio audience of their most outrageous and unacceptable opinions. Hosted by Ed Gamble, with team captains Richard Ayoade & Joanne McNally.
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The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Barbara WiltshireDirector
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