Pushers

Some great lines, fairly shared among the cast. Well written and kept the chuckles coming. Put aside the worries about timing and the reviews from the usual sources who will jump straight on the bandwagon to slate this after watching 4 minutes of it. It's not perfectly polished and over-produced, granted, but that adds to the vibe of it. Very British in it's scenes and the characters blend well, with their various abilities, physical or otherwise.

Some good set pieces along the way through a storyline that's both believable and entertaining in a dark sit-com style. You find yourself rooting for them, despite what they're up to.

I wanted and expected to enjoy this, but found it painfully unwatchable. The writing is hackneyed and derivative and constantly misfires. The performances have energy, but that can't salvage the insipid script. The comedy for the most part just doesn't work. It lacks charm and has big 'written by committee' energy.

Most of the jokes don't land and many are as predictable as Bank Holiday traffic jams. There's plenty of irony, although certainly unintentional, as this identity politics based sitcom seems to be unsure of what it is (and isn't).

Armando Iannucci has been responsible for some of the best tv comedy, but this is a stinker.

I make no apologies for loving Rosie Jones. She has a talent beyond belief and has made a great name for herself. I find her acting effortless and natural, her comedy sublime and her subject matter excellent. Pushers is a genius blend of social commentary and comedy. I love how the cast doesn't get any of her jokes and they just hang in the air. All the characters are well thought out and beautifully performed by a very talented cast. Rosie has got it right. The disgrace of this countries blind ignorance to the issues that face people with disabilities and on the breadline is lit up like a beacon. The fact that she volunteers like so many for Charities across the country, whilst the system grinds her down and and makes it impossible for her to survive is the sort of writing that needs attention. I have loved every minute of Pushers. Brave writing indeed.

Whilst attempting to be Shameless with disabilities but didn't live up to this. The acting was generally terrible and jokes the same.

Although I like the thought of disabled people being seen in society as all too often they are overlooked. Unfortunately many of the punch lines were missed and story line slow and predictable.

It made disabled people appear dishonest and stupid. What we are told in the media about many people falsely claiming benefits is made to appear true- whilst unfortunately there are many honest people out there who do not do this. Scenes like cocaine constantly being spilt or pretending to wet themselves just enhances the disabled stereotype. If you are going to do a comedy about disabled people you need to make them the opposite to this.

Rosie Jones is a superior comedy writer and Pushers is an excellent demonstration of playing to one's strengths and it's great to see her enjoying her character and not hogging all the best comedic lines for herself.

This show has perfect nuances of dark comedy shrouded by the realism of challenges and discrimination faced by society with varying disabilities.

This is a typical Channel 4 outing of how we should be exposed to a variety of creativity from all aspects and allow the viewer to immerse themselves into a world rarely treated to a comedic viewpoint without being directly or indirectly offensive to anyone.