Michael Sheen's drama, The Way, which depicts a civil uprising in Wales over the future of the Port Talbot steelworks, has been reported as one of the BBC's most significant drama failures. Despite airing on BBC1, the series finale attracted 'lowest ever' primetime ratings, with viewership plummeting to just 697,000. The drama, criticized for its far-left perspective and described as 'lefty woke nonsense' by some, has sparked controversy for its portrayal of a fascist England brutally suppressing a Welsh uprising.
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Michael Sheen’s far-left agitprop drama, The Way, which imagines a civil uprising in Wales over the future of the Port Talbot steelworks (brutally out down by a fascist England, of course), is one of the BBC’s biggest drama flops ever. Even though it was on BBC1, only 697,000…
Michael Sheen's controversial drama The Way flops on the BBC as its finale sees 'lowest ever' primetime ratings https://t.co/9huD3iZoDR https://t.co/27Cnqgr6AJ