| Candy Cabs | |
|---|---|
| Format | comedy-drama |
| Written by | Johanne McAndrew Elliott Hope |
| Directed by | Minkie Spiro |
| Starring | Jo Joyner Lisa Millett Paul Nicholls Melanie Hill Claire Sweeney |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Lymm in Cheshire West Kirby |
| Running time | 60 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | Splash Media |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC One |
| Original run | 5 – 19 April 2011 |
| External links | |
| [1] | |
Candy Cabs is a comedy drama series shown on BBC One in April 2011. The plot revolves around a group of friends who set up a female-only taxi company in a seaside town in Northern England. It is written by Johanne McAndrew and Elliott Hope and produced by Splash Media.[1]
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Claire Sweeney, Jodie Prenger, Jo Joyner, Lisa Millett and Melanie Hill play the group of friends with Denis Lawson playing the part of a competitor who schemes against the taxi company set up by the group of friends. Other characters are played by Lu Corfield, Paul Nicholls, John Henshaw, Paul Kaye, Tom Goodman-Hill, Daniel Ryan, Jamie Davis and Ricky Whittle.
Episode One opens with the funeral of 'Shazza', friend of Jackie (Jo Joyner) and Elaine (Lisa Millet). Before Shazza's death, the trio had been been planning to start up their all female taxi firm and, determined by their friend's death, the pair decide to continue. The next day, Elaine is seen in a car company office alone awaiting for Jackie to arrive. Behind her the six brightly coloured pink cabs arrive on the back of a truck and the female cab drivers are seen getting very over-excited about it. Jackie, meanwhile, is confronting her ex-husband after the discovery that he is already dating another woman who she nicknames Mrs. Doubtfire. As Jackie finally arrives, she signs the deeds for the cars and a montage of the cars driving through the sea-side village takes place.
Back at the taxi firm, Elaine starts freaking out. It becomes apparent to start up the cab company, Elaine re-mortgaged her house - without telling her husband. Jackie takes her friend into a back room away from the other girls and it takes a lot of calm words and her 'trusty five fingered friend'[2] which is basically a yellow washing up glove that Elaine uses to breathe into much like others may use a paper bag. The girls are then told by Tony (Paul Nicholls) to be a formal cab company, that they must attend a driving exam.
The first series consists of three episodes with the first episode broadcast on 5 April 2011.
| № | Title | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode One" | Johanne McAndrew & Elliott Hope | 5 April 2011 | 6.17 [2] |
| 2 | "Episode Two" | Johanne McAndrew & Elliott Hope | 12 April 2011 | 4.3 |
| 3 | "Episode Three" | Johanne McAndrew & Elliott Hope | 19 April 2011 | 3.6 |
In June 2011 the BBC reported that they had decided not to commission Candy Cabs for a second series. The three-part comedy drama, written by Elliott Hope and Johanne McAndrew, aired in April on BBC One. Although it launched well with 5.5 million viewers the following two episodes saw big drop in rating levels. As well as declining ratings the series received mixed reviews from critics.
A DVD Release of Candy Cabs will be released on January 2, 2012