Gone to Seed

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Gone to Seed
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Genre Comedy drama
Written by Tony Grounds
Directed by
Starring
Theme music composerThe Gutter Brothers [1]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producer Ted Childs
Producer Tim Whitby
CinematographySimon Kossoff
EditorPaul Brown
Running time50 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network ITV
Release13 November (1992-11-13) 
18 December 1992 (1992-12-18)
Related
Gone to the Dogs

Gone to Seed is a British comedy-drama television miniseries written by Tony Grounds. It was produced by Central Independent Television for ITV, and was broadcast between 13 November and 18 December 1992. The series stars Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Warren Clarke, Peter Cook and Sheila Hancock, with Ted Childs serving as executive producer.

Contents

The series is a spiritual successor to Gone to the Dogs , another production for ITV which consists of the same creators and some cast members.

Cast

Main

Supporting

Episodes

The series was broadcast on Friday nights at 8.00pm. Beginning episode 2, characters introduced each episode, appearing pre-credits, giving the audience a brief recap of what occurred in the previous episode, while breaking the fourth wall.

No.
overall
No. in
series
TitleDirected byWritten byEpisode introductionOriginal air date
11"Episode 1" Sandy Johnson Tony Grounds N/A13 November 1992 (1992-11-13)
22"Episode 2"Sandy JohnsonTony GroundsWesley and Billy20 November 1992 (1992-11-20)
33"Episode 3"Nick LaughlandTony GroundsMonty27 November 1992 (1992-11-27)
44"Episode 4"Nick LaughlandTony GroundsWinston and Lucy4 December 1992 (1992-12-04)
55"Episode 5"Sandy JohnsonTony GroundsWesley11 December 1992 (1992-12-11)
66"Episode 6"Sandy JohnsonTony GroundsHilda18 December 1992 (1992-12-18)

Home media

The complete series was originally released in the UK from Central Video on a double VHS set, on 8 February 1993. [14] It was first released on DVD in the United States and Canada (region 1), via BFS Entertainment, on 21 October 2008. [15] In the UK, the series received a DVD release, in a set also containing Gone to the Dogs, on 27 February 2012 via Network. [16]

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