- Radio Times
- Review by:
- David Butcher
Bad news at the network. “Look at these ratings!” wails studio executive Merc from his bathroom. “It’s like 9/11! It’s like watching the towers fall!” The trouble is, Episodes was a lot more fun when the sitcom its characters are making, Pucks, was doing well. Now everyone’s worried and/or angry, Sean and Beverley’s relationship is on the rocks, and it’s all more downbeat than you want in a Friday-night comedy. And when it stops being gloomy it turns schmaltzy. On the plus side, there’s another scene where Matt LeBlanc has to act drunk (he’s good at that), while his English friends try to talk him out of doing anything that might get their show cancelled.
About this programme
4/9. With the ratings for sitcom Pucks! plummeting, the network asks Sean and Beverly to reduce Matt's role in the show to create more airtime for his teenage co-stars, who are becoming increasingly popular. Comedy, starring Stephen Mangan, Tamsin Greig and Matt LeBlanc.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Himself
- Matt LeBlanc
- Beverly Lincoln
- Tamsin Greig
- Sean Lincoln
- Stephen Mangan
- Merc Lapidus
- John Pankow
- Carol Rance
- Kathleen Rose Perkins
- Morning Randolph
- Mircea Monroe
- Kevin
- Jacob Anderson
- Jason
- Harry McEntire
- Stoke
- Sam Palladio
- Wendy
- Scarlett Rose Patterson
- Myra Licht
- Daisy Haggard
- Andy Button
- Joseph May
- Andrew Lesley
- Oliver Kieran-Jones
- Director
- Demetri Goritsas
- Assistant director
- Trevor White
- Waiter
- Paul Leonard
- Autograph man
- Thomas Bell
Crew
- Director
- Jim Field Smith
- Executive Producer
- David Crane
- Executive Producer
- Jimmy Mulville
- Executive Producer
- Jeffrey Klarik
- Writer
- Jeffrey Klarik
- Writer
- David Crane
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