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Merry Widows

Merry Widows

  • TV sitcom that was never broadcast
  • BBC One
  • 2011
  • 1 pilot

Sitcom about three generations of women who have all lost their husbands before the age of 30. Stars Natalie Casey, Miriam Margolyes, Michelle Gomez, Warren Brown, Gwyneth Keyworth and more.

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2011
Episodes
1 Pilot
Stars
Natalie Casey, Miriam Margolyes, Michelle Gomez, Warren Brown, Gwyneth Keyworth, Adam Gillen, Colin Hoult, Nicholas Bailey and Toby Street
Writer
Susan Nickson
Director
Ed Bye
Producers
Michelle Farr-Scott and Anne Gilchrist
Company

Merry Widows is the first BBC One sitcom to be written by the creator of hit BBC Three show Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps.

It follows three generations of women who have all lost their husbands before the age of 30.

Starring Miriam Margolyes (Blackadder, Harry Potter) as Renee, whose husband was killed in the conflict in Borneo in the Sixties, and Natalie Casey (Two Pints Of Lager, Legally Blonde: The Musical) as Billie, whose husband Matthew has just been killed in Afghanistan, plus Jackie, Billie's Mum and Renee's daughter who lost her husband to a virus in the early Nineties. We join the three women just after Matthew's funeral, at his wake, where Billie seeks comfort from the vicar.

Other cast members include Michelle Gomez (Green Wing), Warren Brown (Grownups, Luther), and Adam Gillen (Benidorm).

Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour

Website links

Recording details

  • BBC Television Centre

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