[1] The series centres around Gerald Wright, manager of the health and safety department of the fictional Baselricky Council implied to be in Essex.

Wright's team includes Malika Maha (Mina Anwar), Clive Beeches (Luke Gell), and Bernard Stanning (Toby Longworth).

", "Gags that can hardly be described as such, dogmatism that speculates on approving laughter, gruesome characters - really everything is wrong here" and "With 'The Wright Way' Ben Elton has reached the very bottom.

"[13] Ben Elton himself later reflected on the series during an interview for BBC Radio 2's Steve Wright in the Afternoon the following year, commenting that "...Sometimes you can pull it out of the hat, and sometimes you can't.

Blackadder was initially drubbed and set to be cancelled, and that went on to become one of the British comedy greats; with this one (The Wright Way) it just never really found its niche.