Marc Warren, Alexander Armstrong and Keeley Hawes are Mutual Friends for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One – from Tuesday 26 August 2008, 9.00-10.00pm
Introduction
Mutual Friends is a new six-part comedy drama series for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One, scheduled to screen from Tuesday 26 August at 9.00pm.
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Martin has two best friends, Patrick and Carl, who couldn't be more different. One is an irresponsible, unreliable, feckless womaniser and the other is dead. Guess which one slept with his wife?
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Martin Grantham is happily married to Jen. They have a son, Dan, a nice house, the works. One day his best friend, Carl, throws himself under a train, setting off a disastrous sequence of events that will change Martin's life for ever.
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Into this mess steps Patrick, a friend from way back. Patrick is everything Martin is not – glib, self-confident, popular and pathologically immature. He's the last person Martin needs in his life right now – or is he?
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It's not a matter of life and death; it's much funnier than that.
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Marc Warren (Messiah – The Rapture, Hustle) is Martin; Alexander Armstrong (The Armstrong & Miller Show, Life Begins) is Patrick; Keeley Hawes (Ashes To Ashes, Spooks) is Jen.
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The series also stars Sarah Alexander, Claire Rushbrook, Naomi Bentley, Rhashan Stone, Lee Ross and Emily Joyce.
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Mutual Friends is written by Richard Pinto and Anil Gupta (The Kumars At No. 42, Goodness Gracious Me), produced by Rob Bullock (Wild At Heart, Monarch Of The Glen) and directed by Catherine Morshead (Ashes To Ashes, Shameless) and Jim O'Hanlon (House Of Saddam, Wild At Heart).
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The Executive Producer is Mark Redhead (Bodies, Fairy Tales, Bloody Sunday).
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The series was commissioned for the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ by Lucy Lumsden, Controller of ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Comedy Commissioning, and Jane Tranter, Controller of ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Fiction.
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The Executive Producers for the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ are Sarah Brandist, Commissioning Editor Independent Drama, and Simon Wilson, Executive Editor Comedy.
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It is a Hat Trick Production for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One.
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Lucy Lumsden comments: "Mutual Friends has been the result of a great collaboration between the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s Comedy and Drama departments and we're really proud of the series."
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