Ideal - Production Details

Ideal. Image shows from L to R: Moz (Johnny Vegas), Judith (Joanna Neary), Nicki (Nicola Reynolds), Cartoon Head (David Sant). Image credit: Baby Cow Productions.

"A cult BBC Three sitcom starring Johnny Vegas as a small-time drug dealer. A large ensemble cast of characters visit Moz's flat each week"

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Comedy Details
Comedy Type:	TV Sitcom
Broadcast:	Tue 11th January 2005 - Thu 30th June 2011 (BBC3)
Episode Count:	54 (7 series)
Production Company :	Baby Cow Productions
Soundtrack:	The title track is Song Of The Oss by by Candidate. The track is available on the Ideal soundtrack CD (see our merchandise section)
Laugh Track:	NO, Laugh Track Free
Title Screen

Regular Cast
Johnny Vegas	...	Moz
Nicola Reynolds	...	Nicki
Tom Goodman-Hill	...	PC
Sinead Matthews	...	Jenny
Ben Crompton	...	Colin
Graham Duff	...	Brian
Ryan Pope	...	Psycho Paul
James Foster	...	Cartoon Head (Series 1)
David Sant	...	Cartoon Head (Series 2-7)
Joanna Neary	...	Judith (Series 2-7)
Seymour Mace	...	Steve (Series 2-6)
Natalie Gumede	...	China (Series 1-3)
Rebecca Atkinson	...	Asia (Series 1-3)
Tony Burgess	...	Troy
Haruka Kuroda	...	Yasuko
Tim Fallows	...	Jason
Andrew-Lee Potts	...	Lee
Jason Manford	...	Jack (Series 1)
Seymour Mace	...	Craig (Series 1)
Ronny Jhutti	...	Kuldip (Series 1-3)
Sunetra Sarker	...	Sangita (Series 1-4)
Alfie Joey	...	Derrick
Des O'Malley	...	Felix (Series 1-4)
Neil Bell	...	Ian (Series 2)
David Bradley	...	Stemroach (Series 2-4)
Hanne Steen	...	Carmel (Series 2-7)
Peter Slater	...	Alan (Series 3-5)
Emma Fryer	...	Tania (Series 2-7)
Mick Miller	...	Keith (Series 4-7)
Dan Li	...	Tony (Series 4-7)
Hon Ping Tang	...	Chen (Series 4-6)
Andrew Lawrence	...	Marco (Series 3-5 & 7)
Naomi Bentley	...	Rainbow (Series 4-7)
Danny Morgan	...	Jake (Marco's Brother) (Series 4-7)
Haruka Abe	...	Miko (Series 4-7)
Jessica Peh	...	Kim (Series 4-7)
Michael Kofi	...	Xavier (Series 4-7)
Jo Enright	...	Carol (Series 5-7)
Janeane Garofalo	...	Tilly (Series 6-7)
Elinor Crawley	...	Jess (Series 7)
Writing Team
Graham Duff	...	Creator
Graham Duff	...	Writer
Tony Burgess	...	Writer (Additional Material) (Series 1-2)
Production Team
Dan Zeff	...	Director (Series 1-2)
Ben Gregor	...	Director (Series 3)
Ben Fuller (as Ben Gosling Fuller)	...	Director (Series 4 & 7)
Ben Wheatley	...	Director (Series 5-6)
Ted Dowd	...	Producer (Series 1-2)
Jane Berthoud	...	Producer (Series 3)
Gill Isles	...	Producer (Series 4-7)
Henry Normal	...	Exec Producer
Steve Coogan	...	Exec Producer (Series 1)
Kenton Allen	...	Exec Producer (Series 1-4)
Jon Mountague	...	Exec Producer (Series 5-7)
David Butterworth	...	Production Design
Simon James	...	Composer (Series 1-4)
Alan Levy	...	Editor (Series 1-3)
Simon Reglar	...	Editor (Series 4)
Robin Hill	...	Editor (Series 5-7)

For guest cast and crew see our episode guides