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Bedtime. Image shows from L to R: Andrew Oldfield (Timothy West), Alice Oldfield (Sheila Hancock). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
Bedtime

Bedtime

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 2001 - 2003
  • 15 episodes (3 series)

Comedy series written by Andy Hamilton, set in various bedrooms during the last half hour of the day. Also features Sheila Hancock, Timothy West, Claire Skinner, Stephen Tompkinson, Emma Pierson and more.

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2001 - 2003
Channel
BBC One
Episodes
15 (3 series)
Stars
Sheila Hancock, Timothy West, Claire Skinner, Stephen Tompkinson, Emma Pierson, David Gillespie, Meera Syal, Alun Armstrong and more
Writer
Andy Hamilton
Director
Andy Hamilton
Producers
Sue Howells, Denise O'Donoghue and Jimmy Mulville
Company

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.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour
Soundtrack
Music by Matthew Scott.

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Tuesday 28th August 2001 at 10:35pm on BBC One

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