04-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
‘Douglas Is Cancelled' Review: Hugh Bonneville's Cyber Satire
Douglas Bellowes, the affable chap played by Hugh Bonneville in 'Douglas Is Cancelled,' is a 'national treasure,' a TV host who has spent a career comforting his U.K. audience through times of bad news, smiling with viewers in times of good news. And yet, somehow, after 30-odd years, it's all still news to Doug. Woke? He's barely conscious.
His wake-up call arrives by way of social media—a post alleging that Douglas told a 'sexist' joke at a recent wedding. A wholly inappropriate gag, apparently, though it is not explained. Doug seems, very sincerely, to not know what it's all about. But all those around him begin losing their minds.
