Damned (TV series)

Damned
Genre
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Created by
Written by
Directed by Ian FitzGibbon
Starring
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 7 (6 + pilot)
Production
Producer(s) Claire Whalley
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) What Larks Productions
Release
Original network
Original release 27 September 2016 (2016-09-27) – present

Damned is a British comedy television series shown on Channel 4. It is set in the office of the Children's Services department of the Social Services of fictional Elm Heath Council.[1]

It stars Jo Brand, Alan Davies, Kevin Eldon, Himesh Patel, Isy Suttie and Morwenna Banks as the social workers and Georgie Glen as their manager. Aisling Bea plays a single mother who is a former client of theirs.[1]

The first series premiered on Channel 4 on 27 September 2016, and concluded on 1 November 2016.

Production

In March 2014, Sky Arts announced that it was reprising its Playhouse Presents series of self-contained television plays. Jo Brand and Morwenna Banks penned a script for what was hoped to be a pilot episode. Sky Arts aired the episode but never commissioned it to series; so Brand, Banks, and comedic writer Will Smith re-developed it for Channel 4, who announced its commission in May 2016.[2]

Episodes

No. in
series
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions)
"Pilot"Natalie BaileyMorwenna Banks & Jo Brand12 June 2014 (2014-06-12)N/A
1"Episode 1"Ian FitzGibbonMorwenna Banks, Jo Brand, & Will Smith27 September 2016 (2016-09-27)1.89
2"Episode 2"Ian FitzGibbonMorwenna Banks, Jo Brand, & Will Smith4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)1.37
3"Episode 3"Ian FitzGibbonMorwenna Banks, Jo Brand, & Will Smith11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)1.08
4"Episode 4"Ian FitzGibbonMorwenna Banks, Jo Brand, & Will Smith18 October 2016 (2016-10-18)1.07
5"Episode 5"Ian FitzGibbonMorwenna Banks, Jo Brand, & Will Smith25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)N/A
6"Episode 6"Ian FitzGibbonMorwenna Banks, Jo Brand, & Will Smith1 November 2016 (2016-11-01)N/A

References

  1. 1 2 Telegraph review
  2. Munn, Patrick (26 May 2016). "Channel 4 Picks Up Jo Brand Comedy 'Damned' To Series". tvwise.co.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
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