Man Down
Created by Greg Davies
On Channel 4
A cringe-comedy about a man-child's perpetual failure, built on humiliation and dysfunction rather than warmth or resolution.
Dan is a childish idiot trapped in an adult’s life, whose world is at near collapse. His girlfriend Naomi is fast running out of patience with his inability to navigate the simplest of life tasks. He has two uniquely dysfunctional friends and a listless teaching career that sees him begrudgingly teach a version of the same lesson every day, inexplicably popular with all but one of the pupils, with his only highlight coming in the form of Miss Lipsey, a head mistress who views Dan with a mixture of pity and despair. To make matters worse, he is tormented daily by his willfully insane father, whose driving motivation in life seems to be to ensure his son is humiliated at every turn.
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Questions people ask
Does Man Down leave you hopeful? No. Less hopeful than 95% of series.
Is Man Down violent? Barely. Less violent than 78% of series.
Is Man Down easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 75% of series.
Is Man Down sad? Somewhat. More sad than 72% of series.
Is Man Down scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 59% of series.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Distinctly its own thing.
How unlike any other series this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Man Down
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Man Down
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Man Down, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Man Down, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Man Down, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
