Housebound
- Online sketch show
- 2020
- 14 episodes (1 series)
Online show focusing on various people coming with the coronavirus lockdown. Stars Karen Ascoe, Jeremy Swift, Kenneth Collard, Pearce Quigley, Stewart Wright and more.
Series 1
1. Episode One
Monday 6th April 2020
An Orpington man sees it as his civic duty to snitch on his neighbours; a home-schooling mum is at the end of her tether; an ex-army man used to the outdoors life is going slowly mad; and more.
2. Episode Two
Monday 13th April 2020
We follow developments in the lives of the characters from Episode 1 plus we introduce, Giuseppe, who came to Worcester from Italy as a young man and has never really lost his accent. Radha is now posing as a key worker to escape her family, Bernard wants the police to crack down on dog walkers, and Sophie is on a date at the movies via Zoom.
3. Episode Three
Monday 20th April 2020
Annabel tries to talk her hairdresser, Gustav, into breaking social distancing to tackle her roots; Terence pitches his new feature film idea; and Major Jeremy reveals his new hobby.
4. Episode Four
Monday 27th April 2020
Crispin Thomas MP gets his big break when interviewed by Emily Maitlis for Newsnight; Ed Browne has artistic differences with his son; and Damian Cooke harangues his MP about the NHS not treating his athlete's foot as a priority.
5. Episode Five
Monday 4th May 2020
This week sees the regulars like the indefatigable Terence Hogg, who has just used lockdown to knock out his first opera, joined by new characters - Ian Mellon, a regional journalist blowing his moment in the spotlight at a Downing Street Press Briefing; Carla Haynes demanding to be repatriated from her luxury villa in St Lucia; and Gavin Burns the only man in the country with a grudge against Captain, now Colonel, Tom.
6. Episode Six
Monday 11th May 2020
Kobe Bagby III gives his views on Covid 19 from Texas; Miss Morris, the supply teacher, takes her first Zoom class; Will explains how potting and working with clay can work as a relaxation technique; Geoff goes online with his DIY helpline; and Clive, who is shielding, gives his neighbour his first shopping list.
8. Episode Eight
Monday 25th May 2020
This week sees Tony in a family Zoom quiz that turns nasty, a grandmother pestered by well-meaning neighbours, and Mandy join the army of housebound helpers making PPE for our NHS heroes.
9. Episode Nine
Monday 1st June 2020
Crispin Thomas MP gets caught up in the Dominic Cummings scandal, Audrey finally loses it with her neighbour and the headteacher tries to explain the new rules for schools re-opening.
10. Episode Ten
Monday 8th June 2020
Tony has taken over the family quiz but things turn nasty, Terrence Hogg has moved into performance art, and a divorce lawyer reveals a dark secret.
11. Episode Eleven
Monday 15th June 2020
A midwife has to help with a birth by Zoom and a zoo owner explains the zoo's new feeding policy in lockdown.
12. Episode Twelve
Monday 22nd June 2020
Jane skype's her daughter on the anniversary of her husband's death only for her next door neighbour to interrupt. Plus a head of HR holds a mass redundancy meeting by Zoom.
13. Episode Thirteen
Monday 29th June 2020
A couple continue their marriage therapy via Zoom; a recently recovered Covid patient, after 6 weeks on a ventilator, finds his fiance has made some changes; and a middle-aged man finds living back with his parents in lockdown a bore.
14. Episode Fourteen
Wednesday 8th July 2020
Budding author Lewis Dillon pitches his first novel to a publisher, Tracey tries to hold a hen do on Zoom, and Benedict looks forward to religious services being permitted even if they have missed the Summer solstice.