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Year: 2006
Genre: Comedy
Channel: BBC2
Series: 4
Episodes available: 27
Available from: 17 Feb 2022
Available until: 20 Feb 2025

Jack Dee stars as a disillusioned comedian in this smartly subtle comedy. As he stumbles through cringey corporate gigs while lying his way out of nearly everything, is it any wonder his life doesn't improve.

Cast and Crew

Director: Alex Hardcastle
Cast: Jack Dee, Raquel Cassidy, Sean Power, Anna Crilly, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Rasmus Hardiker, Tony Gardner, John Biggins, Robbie Coltrane, Sophie Winkleman, Alex Lowe, William Hoyland, Simon Greenall, Steven Alvey, Michael Fenton Stevens, Charlotte Hudson, Ted Robbins, Ian Ashpitel, Karen Bryson, Rufus Jones, David Cann, Neil Edmond, Jane Robbins, Gail Kemp, Matthew Crompton, Simon Mattacks, Martin Savage, Adam Stevens, Amit Shah, Judith Faultless, Miranda Hart, Ewen MacIntosh, Omid Djalili, Pearce Quigley, Leo Bill, Vincent Franklin, Will Poulter, Ben Willbond, Richard Lintern, Rob Jarvis, Tim Bentinck, Matthew Marsh, Michael Simkins, Algina Lipskis, Brendan O'Hea, Amanda Hadingue, Owen Brazendale, Nathalie Burgun, Craig Parkinson, Matilda Ziegler, Martin Marquez, Eleanor Matsuura, Bronson Webb, Catherine Shepherd, Bruce Mackinnon, Christopher Godwin, Felicity Montagu, Ingrid Oliver, Donna Berlin, Vicki Pepperdine, Steve Jones, Darren Jordon, Ralph Ineson, Cathryn Bradshaw, Alan Carr, Fiona Bruce, Christopher Douglas, Davina Myles, Ronan Vibert, David Schaal, William Andrews, Sarah Belcher, Henrik Claustrup, Alan Mckenna, George Keeler, Lorna Watson, Gary McCormack, Billy Boyle, James Cormack, Alex Macqueen, Nadia Cameron-Blakey, Fia Parry, Mick Slaney, Dan Twine, Nick Wallace
Writers: Jack Dee, Pete Sinclair

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