Keywords:
	Pop culture references Lampooning of genre movie scenes Cult classic

STARRING:
Simon Pegg -	Tim Bisley
Jessica Stevenson -	Daisy Steiner
Nick Frost -	Mike Watt
Mark Heap -	Brian Topp
Julia Deakin -	Marsha Klein
Katy Carmichael -	Twist Morgan

Season

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Transmitted:	September 1999 - April 2001	Seasons:	2
Overall Rating:		Last Updated:	30th March 2010

Excellent and much missed oddball comedy from Simon Pegg and Jessica Richardson. What's great about it is that it takes a fairly conventional sitcom setup, and bastardises it with aplomb. Pegg and Richardson play a couple of twenty somethings down on their luck, who happen to bump into each other in a greasy spoon cafe, and discover they are both looking for somewhere to live. They decide to move in together, but have to pretend to be a married couple to do so. So far, so regular. Gradually though, as we meet more of the regular characters, things start to get odd. Mike, Pegg's best friend, is a military nutjob, a TA member and general psychopath. Martha the landlady is a desperate alcoholic, besotted by Brian, the intense artist from downstairs. One of the key aspects of the show that make it so hugely enjoyable are the constant genre references. Scenes will suddenly go off on a tangent as the camera angle changes, the cast start to act differently, and suddenly you realise they are playing out a scene from a horror movie, or a sci-fi flick, whilst still being relevant to the episode itself. This slick and inventive use of cult references makes for a hugely entertaining watch, as you can play guess the movie as well as laughing at the regular lines. Excellent stuff, and a great shame only 14 were made.

Season 1	Season Rating:
Beginnings	When Tim and Daisy meet in a greasy spoon, they realise they have a lot in common: no money, no partner and nowhere to live. So what to do? How about pretend to be married to get a new place to stay.
Gatherings	Daisy convinces Tim to organise a housewarming party, mainly so she doesn't have to do any writing.
Art	Brian's ex-partner, Vulva, invites him to his / her new stage show, a truly awful piece of performance art.
Battles	Daisy gets a dog to get over a relationship. Tim and Mike go paintballing.
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Chaos	When Tim takes the new dog, Colin, for a walk and he goes missing, Daisy is convinced he let him go on purpose. Shortly afterwards, however, they receive a tip-off that he has been kidnapped by a devilish vivisectionist.
Epiphanies	The gang go out clubbing.
Ends	Mike gets his dream and is readmitted to the TA. Tim may be getting back with his ex.
Season 2	Season Rating:
Back	Daisy returns form travelling, only to discover Mike has moved in.
Change	Tim gets fired from the comic shop for becoming unnecessarily irate about The Phantom menace. Mike moves in to Marsha's spare room.
Mettle	Mike and Tim take the local Robot Wars competition a little too seriously.
Help	A comic producer invites Tim over to view his portfolio. Fnar fnar. But Tim becomes desperate when he realises he left a vicious caricature of the man in question inside the portfolio.
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Gone	Tim and Daisy go out for an evening, and run into some local yobs.
Dissolution	Marsha becomes increasingly suspicious when Tim forgets he and Daisy are supposed to be married and starts flirting with another woman.
Leaves	Marsha is so annoyed at Daisy and Tim's betrayal of trust that she puts the place up for sale.