Mutual Friends

For the album by Boy, see Mutual Friends (album).
For the unrelated movie, see Mutual Friends (film).
Mutual Friends
Genre Comedy drama
Written by Anil Gupta
Richard Pinto
Directed by Catherine Morshead
Jim O'Hanlon
Starring Marc Warren
Alexander Armstrong
Keeley Hawes
Sarah Alexander
Claire Rushbrook
Emily Joyce
Naomi Bentley
[oshua Sarphie
Composer(s) Ben Bartlett
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 6
Production
Executive producer(s) Mark Redhead
Producer(s) Rob Bullock
Location(s) Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Running time 57 mins
Production company(s) Hat Trick Productions
Release
Original network BBC One
Picture format 16:9 1080i
Audio format Stereo
Original release 26 August (2008-08-26) – 30 September 2008 (2008-09-30)

Mutual Friends is a British comedy drama television series broadcast in six episodes on BBC One in from 26 August until 30 September 2008. The series starred Marc Warren, Alexander Armstrong, Keeley Hawes, Sarah Alexander, Claire Rushbrook, Emily Joyce, Naomi Bentley and Joshua Sarphie as a group of old friends whose lives are thrown into chaos when one of their group commits suicide.

Synopsis

Marc Warren depicts a terminally useless solicitor Martin, whose life as a lawyer, husband to Jen (Keeley Hawes) and father to Dan (Joshua Sarphie) is thrown into turmoil as a consequence of his friend's various mid-life crises, starting with the suicide of his best friend Karl, who was guilt-ridden following his affair with Jen. Martin's other best friend, the suave, unreliable chancer Patrick (Alexander Armstrong), throws the situation into more chaos.

Production

Most of the show was filmed in Henley. Filming for the court scene in episode two was filmed in Bracknell in the summer of 2008 at Bracknell's police station.

The series was not recommissioned by the BBC due to low ratings. Anil Gupta also attributed the demise of the series to the departure of Peter Fincham, the controller of BBC One, in 2008.[1]

Reception

The series was nominated for Best TV Comedy Drama at the British Comedy Awards 2008.[2]

DVD release

The series has been released on a two-disc DVD set by 2 Entertain.

References

  1. Parker, Robin (1 May 2009). "BBC axes Mutual Friends". Broadcastnow (Emap Media). Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  2. "The Nominees 2008. British Comedy Awards. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
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