A scene from the sitcom The Wright Way, which was axed after one critic called it 'the worst sitcom ever'.
Ben Elton's BBC1 sitcom The Wright Way, which received a brutal critical mauling,has been axed after the writer said he felt "bruised" by the response.
The series, starring David Haig, set in a local council's health and safety department, was criticised for its reliance on dated gags and "lazy gender
stereotypes".
The show, watched by fewer than two million viewers, was called the "worst TV sitcom ever" by one critic.
Shane Allen, the BBC's controller, comedy commissioning, said the comedy, Elton's first for the corporation since 2005, would not be returning.
Allen told the Broadcasting Press Guild: "He set out to write an old-fashioned mainstream comedy and he did exactly that. Ben Elton was really bruised by the reception. He felt 'If people aren't loving this I am not going to put myself through it again'."
