Mandy | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Diane Morgan |
Written by | Diane Morgan |
Directed by | Diane Morgan |
Starring | Diane Morgan |
Opening theme | "Mandy" by Barry Manilow |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Diane Morgan |
Producers | Ben Caudell, Sam Ward, Kenny Tanner |
Editor | Jerry Ramsbottom |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 15 minutes [1] |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Two |
Release | 25 July 2019 – present |
Mandy is a British television comedy series, written and starred by Diane Morgan as the title character Mandy Carter. After a pilot in 2019, the first series was broadcast in August 2020. A second series was commissioned by the BBC in 2021 which was released in January 2022. [2] A third series was confirmed in May 2023 and was released in March 2024. [3]
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | Ave. UK viewers (millions)[ citation needed ] | Ave. UK viewers (millions)[ citation needed ] | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||||
Pilot | 1 | 25 July 2019 | TBA | TBA | ||
1 | 6 | 13 August 2020 | 28 August 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
2 | 7 | 20 December 2021 | 19 January 2022 | TBA | TBA | |
3 | 6 | 27 March 2024 | 27 March 2024 | TBA | TBA |
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.K. viewers (millions) | |
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1 | "Pilot" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 25 July 2019 | N/A | |
Mandy discovers the sofa of her dreams, but it's way out of her price range, so she turns to a succession of get rich quick schemes to fund it. Guest stars: Gbemisola Ikumelo (Shola), Carol Decker (herself), Rick Edwards (himself) |
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.K. viewers (millions) [4] | |
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1 | "Jobseeker" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 13 August 2020 | 1.59 | |
Mandy's employment adviser finds her a job in a banana processing factory. It seems simple enough, but chaos soon follows. | ||||||
2 | "Susan Bloody Blower" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 13 August 2020 | 1.38 | |
Mandy is determined to win a line dancing endurance challenge, but unfortunately her former friend turned adversary, Susan Blower, has the same idea. Mandy and Lola turn to voodoo in an attempt to stop her. Guest star: Maxine Peake (Susan Blower) | ||||||
3 | "Russian" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 20 August 2020 | N/A | |
When Mandy advertises her spare room on Airbnb, she finds herself playing host to a taciturn Russian man. Romance ensues, but it's not without its problems: he's an assassin being hunted by MI6, and she's still married to Shaun Ryder. Guest stars: Tony Way (Sergei), Shaun Ryder (himself). | ||||||
4 | "Fish" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 20 August 2020 | N/A | |
Mandy is fired from her latest job in a sushi restaurant, but befriends one of the diners. Meanwhile Lola is seeking something to bring customers to the salon, so Mandy suggests fish pedicures. Guest star: Sean Lock (Geoff). This was Lock's last performance before his death in August 2021. | ||||||
5 | "Meat" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 27 August 2020 | N/A | |
Mandy goes on a health kick by quitting smoking, eating more protein, and getting active by offering her services as a dog walker, a combination with unforeseen consequences. Guest stars: David Bradley (Frank), Jackie Clune (Nurse) | ||||||
6 | "Broadsword to Donna Ball" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 27 August 2020 | N/A | |
An old associate ropes in Mandy to act as lookout for a robbery, but when Mandy falls asleep on the job, she ends up being buried alive. Guest stars: Natalie Cassidy (Donna Ball), Iain Lee (himself) |
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.K. viewers (millions) [4] | |||||||
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Christmas Special | ||||||||||||
1 | "We Wish You a Mandy Christmas" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 20 December 2021 | N/A | |||||||
Mandy contemplates the true meaning of Christmas, and whether anyone actually likes eating turkey. Guest stars: Jo Hartley (Mandy's Mum), Neil Edmond (Mandy's Dad), Johnny Vegas (Ghost of Christmas Past), Pearce Quigley (Ghost of Christmas Present) and John Cooper Clarke (Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come). [5] | ||||||||||||
Series | ||||||||||||
2 | "The Unpleasantness at Brampton Hall" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 5 January 2022 | 1.65 | |||||||
Unpleasantness comes in many different forms, but the unpleasantness at Brampton Hall, a stately home and Mandy's latest workplace, is like none other. Guest stars: Jackie Clune (Mrs. Anderson) | ||||||||||||
3 | "Who Are You, Do You Think?" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 5 January 2022 | N/A | |||||||
Mandy's job as a cleaner leads to an unexpected role in an episode of a new TV show, Who Are You, Do You Think?. Guest stars: Deborah Meaden (herself), Charlie Chuck (Uncle Charlie) | ||||||||||||
4 | "Holiday for One" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 12 January 2022 | N/A | |||||||
Lola wins a holiday on a fancy cruise across the sea, but it's only for one. But that won't stop Mandy from having a vacation too. Guest stars: Kate Robbins (Joan MacDonald), Nigel Planer (Captain), Roger Sloman (The Purser) | ||||||||||||
5 | "SpaceMandy" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 12 January 2022 | N/A | |||||||
Mandy finds herself the face of the next frontier of space exploration: a one-way journey to Mars. Guest stars: Peter McDonald (Dr. Gould), Anna Maxwell Martin (Eva), Konnie Huq (herself) | ||||||||||||
6 | "Fatberg" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 19 January 2022 | N/A | |||||||
A cushy job down the sewers yields some unexpected training and an extraordinary first day for Mandy. Guest stars: Alexei Sayle (Darren Dugdale), Tom Courtenay (Engineer Woodcock) | ||||||||||||
7 | "The Curse of Mandy Carter" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 19 January 2022 | N/A | |||||||
Believing she's been cursed by a traveller, and is being hunted by a leather-clad man on a motorbike, Mandy prepares for a frozen future. Guest stars: Jo Hartley (Heather seller), Neil Edmond (Reporter), Nick Mohammed (Future Doctor), Brian Cox (himself) |
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.K. viewers (millions) [4] | |
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1 | "Destination: Dundee" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 27 March 2024 | N/A | |
Some surgical modifications enable Mandy to work as an air hostess, where airborne scratchcards turn out to be the least of her worries. Guest stars: Nathan Foad (Kenny), Lucia Keskin (Shona) and Paul Ready (Cooper) | ||||||
2 | "Get Mandy Carter" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 27 March 2024 | N/A | |
A job protecting a very old tree from climbing children takes Mandy's career in an unexpectedly violent direction. Guest stars: Miles Chapman (Mr Taupe), Robbie Gee (Mr Beige) and Graham Norton (himself) | ||||||
3 | "Humandy Statue" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 27 March 2024 | N/A | |
Can Psychic Pauline help Mandy to lay the (snooker-playing) ghosts of her past to rest? Guest stars: Beverley Callard (Psychic Pauline), Jackie Clune (Assistant) and Sean Burke (Alex "Hurricane" Higgins) | ||||||
4 | "The Career Ladder" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 27 March 2024 | N/A | |
Mandy's odd jobs fixing the roof of the local church lead her into direct conflict with the local bird life. Guest stars: Ben Green (Vicar), Michaela Strachan (herself), and Aled Jones (himself) | ||||||
5 | "Nandy" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 27 March 2024 | N/A | |
Mandy's 110-year-old relative buys a baby on the dark web, with life-threatening consequences. | ||||||
6 | "The Ballad of Mandy Carter" | Diane Morgan | Diane Morgan | 27 March 2024 | N/A | |
After some near-misses at a biscuit factory and an abattoir, Mandy decides the only way to enhance her career prospects is to improve her social status. Guest stars: Linda Lusardi (herself) and Alan Yentob (himself) |
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