Bedtime
Comedy series written by Andy Hamilton, set in various bedrooms during the last half hour of the day
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2001 - 2003
- Channel
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 15 (3 series)
- Starring
- Sheila Hancock, Timothy West, Claire Skinner, Stephen Tompkinson, Emma Pierson, David Gillespie, Meera Syal, Alun Armstrong and others
- Writer
- Andy Hamilton
- Director
- Andy Hamilton
- Producer
- Sue Howells
Bedtime - from writer Andy Hamilton (Outnumbered) - is a unique and hugely rewarding comedy series set in the bedrooms of various adjoining Ealing houses during the last half-hour of the day.
Andrew and Alice Oldfield (Timothy West and Sheila Hancock) are the couple to whom - and around whom - so much is happening; a small suburban world of car alarms, noisy lovemaking, broken windows, newborn babies and revenge as a dish served fiery hot.
From the couple whose marriage is tested in unexpected ways, to the young model who falls into the clutches of tabloid journalism; from the grieving son and his empathetic father to the lover with a demanding deadline; from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day - over three series you are invited through open doors and closed windows into the hilarious, surprising and completely engaging world of other people just before Bedtime.
- Production company
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 28th August 2001 on BBC One at 10:35pm
- Last new broadcast
- Wednesday 17th December 2003 on BBC One at 10:40pm
- Length of episodes
- 30 minutes