Lead Balloon. Image shows from L to R: Mel (Raquel Cassidy), Sam (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), Rick Spleen (Jack Dee). Image credit: Open Mike Productions.

Lead Balloon

Series 1 (2006)

Lead Balloon. Rick Spleen (Jack Dee). Image credit: Open Mike Productions.We meet Rick for the first time as he fronts a lame Government TV recycling campaign which backfires spectacularly.

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Series 2 (2007)

Lead Balloon. Image shows from L to R: Magda (Anna Crilly), Ben (Rasmus Hardiker), Mel (Raquel Cassidy), Sam (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), Rick Spleen (Jack Dee). Image credit: Open Mike Productions.From the points on his driving licence, to a run-in with a children's entertainer - life was the usual bundle of worries for Rick in Series 2.

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Series 3 (2008)

Lead Balloon. Image shows from L to R: Rick Spleen (Jack Dee), Mel (Raquel Cassidy), Magda (Anna Crilly), Ben (Rasmus Hardiker), Michael (Tony Gardner), Sam (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), Marty (Sean Power). Image credit: Open Mike Productions.Magda practically moved in, Ben and Sam temporarily split up, and Rick got himself into all kinds of new embarrassing situations in the third series.

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Series 4 (2011)

Lead Balloon. Rick Spleen (Jack Dee). Image credit: Open Mike Productions.Rick's career hit an all-time low - even by his own dismal standards. From public humiliation on live TV to private embarrassment at a Comedy Workshop, it seems that everything Rick touches turns to mould.

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