Ben Turnbull comes back to his parents' house in Great Yarmouth to discover they've demolished the wall between their room and his. While he works an unpaid internship behind the bar of the local pub, he clings to the hope of stealing his ex-girlfriend Lucy from her new fiancé, a smug policeman who proposes in front of the regulars.
The eight-episode run keeps Ben anchored to the pub's fridges and sticky carpets, flanked by housemate Oakley, whose birthday schedule collapses under the weight of his friends' self-absorption, and Beth, a charity mugger who juggles fake numbers and SIM cards to hit donation targets. Side plots involve medical trials for cash, a bring-and-buy sale that turns into a pop-up fiasco, and a music journalist who might finally validate Eggman's mixtape.
Critics split between praise for the show's low-key coastal inertia and complaints about overwritten Partridge-isms; The Guardian called it "a surprisingly engaging original series from Comedy Central UK", while Radio Times admitted the writing "sparks into life when it stops trying too hard". The single series aired from 21 August to 9 October 2013 and was never recommissioned, leaving Ben stranded between the caravan parks and the karaoke nights he swore he'd escaped.
Production Details
Comedy Central / 1 Season / 8 Episodes / 2013
Created by: Joe TuckerLloyd WoolfRose HeineyKevin CecilAndy RileyJon Purkis
Writer(s): Joe TuckerLloyd WoolfRose HeineyKevin CecilAndy RileyJon Purkis
Producer(s): Kate Daughton
Cinematography: Ben Wheeler
Main Cast
Blake Harrison as Ben
David Fynn as Oakley
Seann Walsh as Eggman
Rebecca Humphries as Beth
Holli Dempsey as Katie
