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- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2003 - 2004
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 12 (2 series)
- Starring
- John Henshaw, Craig Cash, Phil Mealey, Rita May, Christine Bottomley, Rodney Litchfield, Mark Benton, Lorraine Cheshire and others
- Writers
- Craig Cash and Phil Mealey
- Directors
- Adrian Shergold and Craig Cash
- Producers
- Lucy Ansbro and John Rushton
Gentle paced comedy series set in a small Manchester public house. Landlord Ken has been left by his wife (for his best friend), but lives with his adopted daughter Melanie and mother Jean. He is assisted at the bar by reliable Tanya.
The regulars in the pub include lazy skiving husbands Joe and Duffy; dense but friendly couple Eddie and Joan; old git Tommy; and useless coppers Phil and Nige.
- Production company
- Soundtrack
- The theme tune is 'Small World' by Scottish singer-songwriter Roddy Frame. It is available on his album Surf (track three)
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 12th May 2003 on BBC Two at 9:30pm
- Last new broadcast
- Monday 18th October 2004 on BBC Two at 10pm
- Length of episodes
- 30 minutes
- Last repeat
- Tuesday 16th June 2020 at 10:20pm on Gold
Website links
- BBC Comedy
The BBC's website for the comedy. Features a short article and a video clip from the series. - IMDb
- Wikipedia