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The Trip

Synopsis

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'.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Features
Running time
107 mins
Director
Michael Winterbottom
Producer
Andrew Eaton, Melissa Parmenter, Henry Normal, Simon Lupton
Editor
Mags Arnold, Paul Monaghan
Director of Photography
Ben Smithard
Sound
Will Whale
Composer
Michael Nyman
Principal cast
Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon

Genre

Comedy

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Revolution Films

9A Dallington Street
London
EC1V 0BQ
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7566 0700
Fax: +44 (0)20 7566 0701

BBC

BBC Television Centre
Wood Lane
London
W12 7RJ
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 8743 8000

Sales Company

Revolution Films

9A Dallington Street
London
EC1V 0BQ
UK

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