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Plus One. Rob Black (Daniel Mays). Copyright: Kudos Productions
Plus One

Plus One

  • TV sitcom
  • Channel 4
  • 2007 - 2009
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

What do you do when your girlfriend leaves you to marry Duncan from boyband Blue? You decide to outshine them on their wedding day. Stars Daniel Mays, Miranda Raison, Duncan James, Ruth Bradley, Nigel Harman and more.

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Plus One. Image shows from L to R: Duncan from Blue (Duncan James), Linsey (Miranda Raison), Rob Black (Daniel Mays). Copyright: Kudos Productions

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2007 - 2009
Channel
Channel 4
Episodes
6 (1 pilot + 1 series)
Stars
Daniel Mays, Miranda Raison, Duncan James, Ruth Bradley, Nigel Harman, Ingrid Oliver, Steve John Shepherd and Steve Jones
Writers
Tim Allsop and Stewart Williams
Director
Sarah O'Gorman
Producers
Matthew Bird and Derek Wax
Company

What do you do when your girlfriend leaves you to marry Duncan from boyband Blue? You decide to outshine them on their wedding day, that's what!

Plus One follows the best efforts of Rob Black as he tries to secure a beautiful woman as his date to the wedding in an attempt to get his own back on his ex-girlfriend.

Struggling to restore his self-esteem after his girlfriend Linsey left him and a freak sewage pipe explosion wrecked his flat, Rob can't help comparing Duncan's life to his own miserable existence. Even his family and friends think that Duncan is better than him.

But when he receives an invitation to Duncan and Linsey's wedding, Rob sees an opportunity to get his own back: I'm single, homeless, sleeping on my sister's couch and everything I own smells of shit, but the invitation says 'plus one'. So, while I'm never going to be as impressive as Duncan from Blue, I'll take a date along who is. I'll be fighting fire with fire. Sexy fire.

Ludicrous as this sounds, Rob strikes gold when his colleague Laura suggests he has a date with her gorgeous flatmate Nicky. Rob takes a purely platonic approach in his mission to secure a beautiful date for the big day, but Nicky's interest in him makes Rob deviate from his original plan: maybe there could be something more there... A disastrous second date nearly ruins everything but Rob reckons that with a bit of top-rank grovelling he could still walk into Linsey's wedding with the most beautiful girl in the world. Unless of course he screws up badly...

Over the five episodes, with the wedding date fast approaching, Rob becomes increasingly desperate to attract a date that will restore his pride.

Additional details

Part of

Channel 4 Comedy Showcase 2007

Also known as
  • Comedy Showcase: Plus One
Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 19th October 2007 at 10:30pm on Channel 4
Most recent repeats
  • Thursday 9th July 2009 at 10:30pm on E4 - Episode 5
  • Thursday 2nd July 2009 at 10:25pm on E4 - Episode 4
  • Thursday 25th June 2009 at 10:30pm on E4 - Episode 3

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