After You've Gone (TV series)

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After You've Gone

Opening titles of After You've Gone
Genre Sitcom
Created by Fred Barron
Starring Nicholas Lyndhurst
Celia Imrie
Dani Harmer
Ryan Sampson
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 16 (as of 23 December 2007) (List of episodes)
Production
Running time 15x30 minutes
1x45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel BBC One/BBC HD
Original run 12 January 2007 – present
External links
IMDb profile
This article is about the TV series. For other uses, see After You've Gone

After You've Gone is a British sitcom that has aired on BBC One since 2007. Starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, Celia Imrie, Dani Harmer and Ryan Sampson, After You've Gone was created by Fred Barron, who also created My Family.[1] The writers include Barron, Ian Brown, Katie Douglas, James Hendie, Danny Robins, Andrea Solomons and Dan Tetsell.

Two series and a Christmas Special have been aired. A third series of 8-episodes and a Christmas Special will air in 2008, and a further fourth series of 10-episodes and a Christmas Special has been commissioned for 2009.[2]

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[edit] Cast

[edit] Plot

When his former wife Ann goes to the developing world to help out following a natural disaster, Jimmy Venables, a handyman, has to move back into the marital home to look after his two children, Molly and Alex.[1] Jimmy's opinionated widowed former mother-in-law Diana Neal, a teacher, who has always disliked Jimmy, decides to move in to help him out. Diana's husband, Patrick Neal OBE, died in 1996. Fashion-obsessed Molly is an intelligent girl who sees herself as the only adult in the family, while cheerful Alex is bright but has constantly changing ideas. Jimmy has a girlfriend, Siobhan Casey, a hairdresser, who often feels he does not pay her enough attention. Jimmy's assistant is Kev, while the landlord of his local pub, The Leek and Shepherd, is the pessimistic Bobby. In Series Two, Siobhan is the barmaid at the pub and goes back to college to study Business Studies. One re-occurring character is Ellie (Roxanne Ricketts) who is a friend of Molly's.

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of After You've Gone episodes

The first series of After You've Gone aired for seven episodes from 12 January to 23 February 2007. The second series aired from 7 September to 26 October 2007 for eight episodes. A 45-minute Christmas special aired on 23 December 2007.

[edit] Theme tune

The theme song is performed by Jamie Cullum.[1]

[edit] DVD releases

The first series of After You've Gone has been released on DVD in the UK (Region 2).

DVD Release date
The Complete First Series 24 September 2007

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c BBC Comedy Guide - After You've Gone. BBC. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
  2. ^ "After You've Gone to return to BBC One", BBC Press Office. URL last accessed 2008-01-17

[edit] External links