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Genre | Comedy drama |
Created by | Sarah Hooper |
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Composer | Jonathan Whitehead |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 6 |
No. of episodes | 53 (inc. 2 specials) (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) 90 minutes (inc. adverts) (2017 Special) |
Production company | Tiger Aspect Productions |
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Release | 24 August 2011 – 30 June 2017 |
Mount Pleasant is a British comedy drama which first aired on Sky One on 24 August 2011. [1] The show moved to Sky Living in 2012, before moving back to Sky 1 in 2015. The show ended in a 90 minute special on 30 June 2017. [2]
Set in Manchester, the show is about the day-to-day life of the main character Lisa, her husband, her dad, as well as neighbours and colleagues. Each episode is an hour long (including adverts) and takes place in various locations, including the cul-de-sac Lisa lives in, her workplace, local pub The Dog and Dart, and more.
Actor/Actress | Character | Duration |
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Sally Lindsay | Lisa Johnson | 2011–2017 |
Daniel Ryan | Dan Johnson | 2011–2017 |
Bobby Ball | Barry Harris | 2011–2017 |
Pauline Collins | Sue Harris | 2011–2012 |
Paula Wilcox | Pauline Johnson | 2011–2017 |
Adrian Bower | Greg Porter | 2011–2017 |
Angela Griffin | Shelley Porter | 2011–2012 |
Neil Fitzmaurice | Ferguson Smythe | 2011–2017 |
Ainsley Howard | Denise Bradwell | 2011–2017 |
Sue Vincent | Margaret Harris | 2011–2017 |
Ted Robbins | Terry Harris | 2011–2017 |
Jill Halfpenny | Emma | 2011 |
Siân Reeves | Bianca | 2011–2014 |
Liza Tarbuck | Kate | 2011–2012 |
Owen McDonnell | Jack | 2011–2012 |
Diane Morgan | Talia | 2011–2012 |
Cordelia Bugeja (series 1-2) Jo Joyner (series 6) | Jane | 2011–2012, 2016–2017 |
Claire Goose | Kim | 2012 |
Robson Green | Chris | 2012 |
David Bradley [3] | Charlie Johnson | 2012–2014 |
George Sampson | Gary | 2012–2014 |
James Dreyfus [3] | Roger Jones | 2012–2017 |
Sophia Di Martino | Amber | 2013 |
Samantha Womack | Tanya Porter | 2013–2017 |
Nigel Harman | Bradley Dawson | 2013–2017 |
Nicola Millbank | Ella Dawson | 2013–2017 |
Daniel Ings | Robbie Johnson | 2014 |
Nicola Hughes | Jenna Miller | 2015–2017 |
Patrick Robinson | Cameron Miller | 2015–2017 |
Ellen Thomas | Nana Miller | 2015–2017 |
Asan N'Jie | Finn Miller | 2015–2017 |
Zita Sattar | Amita | 2015 |
Clive Mantle | Trevor | 2015 |
Jordan Dawes | Ollie Oliver | 2016–2017 |
James Lance | Adam Wyatt | 2016 |
Emily May Townsend | Emily | 2016–2017 |
Series | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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1 | 8 | 24 August 2011 | 12 October 2011 | |
2 | 9 | 22 August 2012 | 17 October 2012 | |
Special | 23 December 2012 | |||
3 | 8 | 11 September 2013 | 30 October 2013 | |
4 | 8 | 16 September 2014 | 4 November 2014 | |
5 | 8 | 11 September 2015 | 30 October 2015 | |
6 | 10 | 30 August 2016 | 1 November 2016 | |
Special | 30 June 2017 |
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The complete first series of Mount Pleasant was released on DVD on 3 September 2012. [5]
The complete second series of Mount Pleasant was released on DVD on 21 October 2013. [6]
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