Diary of an Uber Driver

I stumbled across this series on a flight to QLD (thanks Virgin). I only knew Sam Cotton (Ben) as a creative cartoonist, doing some really clever and entertaining stuff on insta etc. Anyway, I was intrigued to see him as an actor in Diary of an Uber Driver. I was hooked from the outset. The concept is great, the characters portrayed are realistic and some scenarios that unfold in front of Ben (the driver) are awkward, amusing, entertaining, tearful and memorable. Everything about this series revolves around relationships; those that are toxic, those that are rewarding and those that are no longer within reach.

The series is simply great and makes me proud to be an Aussie. I hope this becomes a bit of a fringe-cult series. Well done team!

Great little show which is funny at times, poignant at others. What a crazy mixture of customers. It was fascinating to see the development and/or background of the characters.

I drove Uber for four years and completed 14,132 trips and my star rating was 4.94 when I stopped driving in March 2020.

When this series was announce, I was so excited, thinking, if they stories are even half as funny and interesting as what has happened to me, this series will be amazing.

This is fertile ground for comedy and observation. You meet all sorts of people, and people are LAWAYS funny. They are funny when they don't mean to be. When they are trying to have a serious conversation with you about politics or what they do for a living. No one knows what they really do for a living.

This series had non of that though. It felt more like a writer's imagination of what Uber driving must be like. It is nothing like portrayed in this series.

There is no suspense, no comedy, no hard-hitting reality, nothing. This is a very unremarkable production. I laboured through a few episodes, only watched two or three.

They took a writer's potential gold mine and turned it into a barren filed of nothingness. Give it a miss, you wont be missing anything.

Have just finished binging the series. Thoughtful, poignant and wonderful. Thanks ABC Australia!

Firstly I want to say Im very disappointed there is only 6 episodes. Its light, easy to watch, laugh out loud funny and takes a wonderful look into other peoples lives.

Its not a hard hitting drama or a hollywood comedy but I think its intended that way. Sometimes you just want something to giggle at while relaxing at the end of the day and this is it!!!

The acting was great as most Aussie shows are and the stories believable and shocking at the same time.

I hope they make more episodes, its my STAN show of choice.