At fifteen years old you would do anything for your best mate, so when Ziggy's life-long friend Robbie is diagnosed with a fatal heart condition, he has just one favour to ask: 'Don't let me die a virgin'. With Robbie lying in the children’s ward of a Liverpool hospital, Ziggy sets out on his unusual quest, unfolding a series of events that uncover family secrets, well-meaning lies and ultimately lead Ziggy to his estranged father.
The Devil and his Bride arrive at a decrepit hotel to perform unholy matrimony, spending the rest of their lives cosily roasting in hell. But when no guests arrive, it is clear The Devil was late sending out the invitations and will stop at nothing to placate his infuriated Bride.
Some people are beyond help when it comes to meeting someone. An American Pie meets Male Bridget Jones.
Jamie, age 29 going on 12, loser, virgin, stumbles upon a group of misfits who meet every week above a pub in order to discover the secrets of love, relationships and finding the perfect partner. The Flirting Club. Is it the answer to what he is searching for?
Jamie has one month to meet a real girl otherwise he has to marry Laura 'the human pig' from next door. Inadvertently hampered by his best mate Bill, stuck with a schoolboy infatuation with his Hot Boss, two left feet and zero pulling skills an accidental encounter with his local flirting club, might just hold all the answers. The group of six, thirty-something singles and Miriam, their teacher who has an unusual approach to flirting success, seem unlikely to succeed. But as everyone knows the course to true love is never easy and the gang of misfits soon learn that getting it right is more about being yourself then trying to be someone else.
Victor’s an ageing actor, famous for his TV butler from years ago. Desperate for a comeback, he's secured an audition for a London gangster film, by 'superstar' director Eddie Brick. Little does Victor know, he's in for a series of humiliations that will test how badly he wants the role.
Based on an actor who suffers from an identity crisis with his film noir private detective character, whom I shall fondly refer to as - The Mole (his character actually wears a facial mole!).
Downtown Los Angeles - the last customers are finishing their early evening business at the bank. At 6:08pm on 09/09/09 there will be an automatic timer test on the vault. The bank heist is planned to perfection, everything is ready and every eventuality if accounted for, what could go wrong? Wearing Wizard of Oz masks for disguise the heist is on, the one condition for success, they must be out by 18:10. Everything is carried out to plan, until at 18:09, a second group of robbers wearing super hero masks enter; they have been given the same inside tip.
The Trip is an improvised tour of the North of England that reunites comedy favourites Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. In the style of 'Curb your Enthusiasm', the story is fictional but based around their real personas.
When Steve is commissioned by a Sunday newspaper to review half a dozen restaurants, he decides to mix work with pleasure and plans a trip around the North of England with his food-loving American girlfriend. But when his girlfriend leaves him and returns to the States, Steve is faced with a week of meals for one. Reluctantly, he calls Rob, the only person he can think of who will be available. Rob, never one to turn down a free lunch, agrees and together they set off for a culinary adventure.
Over the course of six meals at six different restaurants in and around the Lake District, Lancashire and The Yorkshire Dales, the unlikely couple find themselves debating the big questions in life over a series of culinary delights.
This six-part comedy series is directed by Michael Winterbottom, and builds on the success of previous collaborations with Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan, 'A Cock and Bull Story' and '24 Hour Party People'.
