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Man Down

TV·2013–2017·4 seasons, 24 episodes·Channel 4·Comedy·31m·8.0·Created by Greg Davies

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Comedy series written by and starring Greg Davies as Dan, a childish idiot whose world is on the brink of collapse.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Man Down S01E06Space MissionS01E06 · 7.8Brian finds himself nominated for a Small Business Award and Dan must quickly find a tuxedo and a date to impress his ex. Will Dan's dad or his mate Jo help him in his hour of need?
  2. 02Man Down S01E04GuruS01E04 · 7.5Brian introduces Dan to a guru with a secret, so unbelievably powerful, that he can only tell it to one person at a time.
  3. 03Man Down S01E03Desperate DanS01E03 · 7.3Dan, unlike his ex-girlfriend, isn't invited to his niece's birthday party. Desperate to impress her, he manages to persuade the family that he can be trusted with getting the party ready.

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Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2013Aired 7.3Season avg
  1. S01E01Man Down S01E01It Never Rains...October 18, 2013 7.0Dan's lost his trousers and is in danger of losing his girlfriend. He hates his job, his dad, played by Rik Mayall is out to get him, his fr
  2. S01E02Man Down S01E02Mad NobbyOctober 25, 2013 7.0Dan has lost his girlfriend but, with help from his two best friends, he has a plan to get her back involving two bags of mince and a welder
  3. S01E03Man Down S01E03Desperate DanNovember 1, 2013 7.3Dan, unlike his ex-girlfriend, isn't invited to his niece's birthday party. Desperate to impress her, he manages to persuade the family that
  4. S01E04Man Down S01E04GuruNovember 8, 2013 7.5Brian introduces Dan to a guru with a secret, so unbelievably powerful, that he can only tell it to one person at a time.
  5. S01E05Man Down S01E05Dad's PastNovember 15, 2013 7.3Although still haunted, literally, by the ghost of his ex girlfriend, Dan ends up unexpectedly preparing for a date, with a little help from
  6. S01E06Man Down S01E06Season's bestSpace MissionNovember 22, 2013 7.8Brian finds himself nominated for a Small Business Award and Dan must quickly find a tuxedo and a date to impress his ex. Will Dan's dad or

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2015Aired 6.0Season avg
  1. S02E01Man Down S02E01Perfect WomanJune 1, 2015 6.0After a chance meeting, Dan goes on a date. What could possibly go wrong on a simple night out?
  2. S02E02Man Down S02E02Season's bestKindnessJune 8, 2015 6.5When a rival teacher delivers a smash-hit school assembly, Dan conspires to top it with one of his own involving his drama class and a war v
  3. S02E03Man Down S02E03DiversityJune 15, 2015 6.5Dan is sent on a diversity course after alarming headmistress Miss Lipsey, the ongoing target of his clumsy advances, with his complete lack
  4. S02E04Man Down S02E04The PhantJune 22, 2015Dan has an appraisal at work, and fate throws him into the path of his childhood nemesis. Jo has a new money-making scheme, and Brian is det
  5. S02E05Man Down S02E05DennisJune 29, 2015 5.5After sad news from pupil Dennis' family, Dan, primarily motivated by impressing Miss Lipsey, volunteers to look after the boy for a weekend
  6. S02E06Man Down S02E06The HeathJuly 6, 2015 5.5After Jo announces she's marrying a digger-driving rapper from a 'pagan backwater', Dan decides he'll use his best man's speech to impress M

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2016Aired 6.2Season avg
  1. S03E01Man Down S03E01Season's bestThe HeistJuly 13, 2016 6.5Dan is at a crossroads in his life. He must do something as he faces a disciplinary and may lose the only thing he has left in life: his tea
  2. S03E02Man Down S03E02The CallingJuly 20, 2016 5.5Dan comes face-to-face with Miss Clarke - his replacement in class. Jo pitches her new shop 'idea' to the town council, while 'Daddy' contin
  3. S03E03Man Down S03E03Big NewsJuly 27, 2016In an action-packed episode involving the police, Dan is struggling to get his 'news' taken seriously, or even listened to by his friends an
  4. S03E04Man Down S03E04The VisaAugust 3, 2016Dan tries to keep his plan to emigrate to the USA moving at pace, but with the complicated issue of a visa to negotiate he knows he needs to
  5. S03E05Man Down S03E05AdoptedAugust 10, 2016Dan shares the shocking news of his adoption with his best mates and embarks on a search for a life that could have been. Brian's children a
  6. S03E06Man Down S03E06The PartyAugust 17, 2016 6.5Dan's teaching career is reduced to few words in his final school assembly and some parting gestures from his child nemesis and Mr Klackoff.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2017Aired 6.3Season avg
  1. S04E01Man Down S04E01Season's bestThe HomeOctober 25, 2017 6.7Walking disaster-area and child-trapped-in-a-man's-body Dan is blinkered by unrealistic hopes for his impending fatherhood; he's quit his mu
  2. S04E02Man Down S04E02The BearNovember 1, 2017 6.7In the second episode Dan presents Emma with a perfect vision of a family and embarks on a journey to rediscover a terrible truth about a mi
  3. S04E03Man Down S04E03The Dads' ClubNovember 8, 2017 6.3In the third episode, Dan is frustrated by the universal lack of respect for his new status as a father, and decides to join a local dads' c
  4. S04E04Man Down S04E04The School TripNovember 15, 2017 6.0In the fourth episode, Dan takes his Behavioural Unit on a historical school trip with desperate hopes of becoming a 'bright light' his trou
  5. S04E05Man Down S04E05The ChristeningNovember 22, 2017 6.0When a health visitor suggests what mum and new baby need is a 'daddy day', Dan can't believe his luck. But when his son seems a bit cold to
  6. S04E06Man Down S04E06The HearingNovember 29, 2017 6.0In the series finale, Dan is caught in a race against the clock to prove his credentials as a dad, but a terrifying figure from his past sur

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

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