left to right: Martin Bickerstaff and Natalie Moore
Did you watch Damned last night?
The highly-anticipated social work comedy made its grand debut on Channel 4 at 10pm, and it’s fair to say the response from social workers was mixed.
While some people rightly reminded everyone it was a only a TV show, there was broad criticism of its reflection of social workers, with many feeling they had been portrayed to be incompetent. Some simply said the comedy wasn’t funny, others felt it was brilliant.
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Damned was a negative , not the slightest bit funny, portrayal of social work feeding into the worst public perceptions. the profession should be in outrage and demand the series is pulled before more damage is done impacting negatively on our work.
Can’t tell if joking or…
It made me chuckle! It wasn’t meant to be a fly on the wall critique of Social Work folks.
All of my nurse friends tell me Holby City is a true reflection of their job…….
It was “The Office” without David Brent.
All the above comments show is that most social workers take themselves to seriously and lack a sense of humour.