Sex and the Country

"Sex and the Country"
The Green Green Grass episode
Boycie and Tyler's teacher
Episode no.	Series 1 Episode 6
Directed by	Tony Dow
Written by	John Sullivan
Editing by	Chris Wadsworth
Production code	1:6 (6)
Original air date	14 October 2005 (2005-10-14)
Running time	30 Minutes
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"Sex and the Country" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, The Green Green Grass . It was first screened on 14 October 2005, as the sixth episode of the first series. ^[1] It was written by The Green Green Grass and Only Fools and Horses series creator John Sullivan and directed by Tony Dow.

Synopsis

Tyler approaches his English teacher and asks for a date. She declines, saying his education comes first. But this does not stop Tyler buying her a box of make up, which leads to his parents thinking he likes to dress up as a woman. In the end, Tyler makes it clear that it was a present for his teacher, which then heats things up as Marlene wants to confront the English teacher. Boycie goes to see her instead, and she makes it clear that she is not interested in Tyler, as she only likes older men. She is about to seduce Boycie (thus revealing a weakness in Boycie that was not shown in Only Fools and Horses ), when her father, revealed to be Llewellyn, stumbles in on the two of them.

Meanwhile, Elgin, Bryan, Jed and Mrs Cakeworthy concoct a potion for Rocky the bull, to make him more attracted to the female sex. Marlene then assumes it would make Boycie more sexually driven if he was to take a sip, so without him knowing she slips some in his coffee – but, what she does not know is that she gave him a different potion, and that Boycie has been drinking the same potion that the cows use to increase the size of their udders, causing his chest to itch uncontrollably.

Episode cast

Actor	Role
John Challis	Boycie
Sue Holderness	Marlene
Jack Doolan	Tyler
David Ross	Elgin
Ivan Kaye	Bryan
Ella Kenion	Mrs Cakeworthy
Peter Heppelthwaite	Jed
Alan David	Llewellyn
Karen Paullada	Rhian
Lisa Diveney	Beth

Production, broadcast and reception

This episode was written by John Sullivan, writer of Only Fools and Horses . The whole of the first series was written entirely by John Sullivan. During its original airing, the episode had a viewing audience of 6.40 million, in the 8:30pm timeslot it was shown. This is the same audiences that sitcoms such as My Family attract. This episode has since been re-run on BBC1, BBC HD and GOLD. The show received one of the highest ratings of the week making it into the top thirty. The UK DVD release was released on 23 October 2006. ^[2] The release includes the 2005 Christmas Special, a short special entitled 'Grass Roots' and a short documentary on 'Rocky'.

Notes

• This episode marks the fifth in a story arc spanning several series in the form of the gay bull joke.

References

1. "New Comedy Series Starting Soon – British Comedy Guide". Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
2. "The Green Green Grass: Series One" . Retrieved 28 December 2008.

• British TV Comedy Guide for The Green Green Grass
• BARB viewing figures ^{[ permanent dead link ]}