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Ashford\n |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|3|6|df=y}}\n| ShortSummary = A group of friends are set to become millionaires following an offer to buy out their computer gaming company. 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But things do not go according to plan.{{Episode cast}}[[Ade Edmondson]] as Ed, [[Doon Mackichan]] as Sandra, [[Janet Dibley]] as Carolyn, [[Robbie Gee]] as Harry and [[Shane Connor]] as Ben\n |LineColor = 223440\n}}\n{{Episode list\n |EpisodeNumber = 11\n |Title = The Patter of Tiny Feet\n |DirectedBy = Crispin Whittell\n| WrittenBy = David Cairns and Fiona Watson\n |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|3|29|df=y}}\n| ShortSummary = A mysterious stranger makes a childless couple's wish for a baby come true, but their dream of blissful parenthood soon becomes a nightmare.{{Episode cast}}[[Catherine Tate]] as Wendy, [[Sean Foley (director)|Sean Foley]] as Damien, [[Paola Dionisotti]] as Rosemary and [[Rupert Vansittart]] as Dr Mantle{{Cite web |title=Twisted Tales: Episodes 11-14 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tv/twisted_tales3.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113035448/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/bbcthree/tv/twisted_tales3.shtml |archive-date=13 November 2006 |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=[[BBC Three]]}}\n |LineColor = 223440\n}}\n{{Episode list\n |EpisodeNumber = 12\n |Title = Murder Me\n |DirectedBy = Jonathan Gershfield\n| WrittenBy = Sam Lawrence\n |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|4|5|df=y}}\n| ShortSummary = Harry finds he is terminally ill and hires an assassin to kill him. 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While reviewing the first episode of the series for The Times , Angus Batey said, "The excellent cast seems unsure whether it's supplying chuckles or chills, but the format – essentially Tales of the Unexpected for the 21st century – has potential". [11] Another critic from the newspaper, David Chater, noticed the same flaw in the tenth episode, stating that the tale "can't seem to make up its mind whether to play for laughs or shocks" and has a "queasy tone". [12] He did, however, praise Doon Mackichan's performance in the episode, saying that she "shines" as Ed's hysterical wife Sandra. The sixth episode, titled "Vacant Possession", was described in The Times as "marvellously dark", while the final one was called "risible". [13] [14]
Bob and Margaret is an adult animated sitcom created by David Fine and Alison Snowden and co-produced by Nelvana and Channel 4 as a collaboration, both financial and artistic, between the United Kingdom and Canada. The last two seasons were produced without Channel 4 but with continuing British involvement in the animation, cast, and screenwriting. The series was based on the Academy Award-winning short film Bob's Birthday, featuring the same main characters, which won the Best Animated Short Film Oscar in 1994. In Canada, it was the highest-rated Canadian-made animated series ever when it aired in primetime on Global.
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His comedy writing credits are equally extensive, including work for Armstrong and Miller, Dead Ringers, Big Train, TV To Go and, with Robert Webb, an episode of BBC Three's Twisted Tales called Nothing To Fear.