Oh dear. Another unfunny comedy. A weak first episode that didn't draw me in.
My general suggestion in response to an unfunny comedy is to suggest that the writer -- generally the sole writer -- gets a writing partner. But it looks like the sole writer here -- Camilla Whitehill -- has graduated from writing with a partner (Nicola Coughlan on Whistle Through the Shamrocks).
There seems to be a belief that if you use a cliche comedy situation -- visiting the school you attended as a student -- that's sufficient to make something funny appear out of thin air. But I'm afraid it's simply not that easy. You need to work at the script -- and keep reworking it -- until actually funny things happen and actually funny things are said.
My general suggestion in response to an unfunny comedy is to suggest that the writer -- generally the sole writer -- gets a writing partner. But it looks like the sole writer here -- Camilla Whitehill -- has graduated from writing with a partner (Nicola Coughlan on Whistle Through the Shamrocks).
There seems to be a belief that if you use a cliche comedy situation -- visiting the school you attended as a student -- that's sufficient to make something funny appear out of thin air. But I'm afraid it's simply not that easy. You need to work at the script -- and keep reworking it -- until actually funny things happen and actually funny things are said.