Grass (TV series)

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Grass
Written by Andrew Collins
Simon Day
Directed byMartin Dennis
StarringSimon Day
Robert Wilfort
Philip Jackson
Tristan Gemmill
Matthew Ashforde
Composer Joby Talbot
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producer Jon Plowman
ProducerAlex Walsh-Taylor
Editor Paul Machliss
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network BBC Three
Release8 September (2003-09-08) 
27 October 2003 (2003-10-27)
Related
The Fast Show

Grass is a sitcom starring Simon Day which originally aired in 2003 on BBC Three. Day plays Billy Bleach, a Londoner and pub know-it-all who is relocated to Norfolk in rural England under a witness protection programme after he witnesses a gangland killing. The series was a spin-off from The Fast Show .

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