The Mimic (TV series)

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The Mimic
Genre Comedy
Written by Matt Morgan
Directed byKieron Hawkes
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes11
Production
ProducerJack Bayles
Running time25 minutes
Production companyRunning Bare Pictures
Release
Original network Channel 4
Original release13 March 2013 (2013-03-13) 
20 August 2014 (2014-08-20)

The Mimic is a British television series shown on Channel 4, starting 13 March 2013. The series centres on the fortunes of Martin Hurdle, an everyday maintenance man with an uncanny ability to mimic voices and stars Terry Mynott in the lead role.

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