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Bad Move. Image shows from L to R: Steve (Jack Dee), Nicky (Kerry Godliman). Copyright: Open Mike Productions
Bad Move

Bad Move

  • TV sitcom
  • ITV1
  • 2017 - 2018
  • 13 episodes (2 series)

Jack Dee and Kerry Godliman star as a married couple who move to the countryside from the city, but it soon all goes horribly wrong. Also features Miles Jupp, Manjinder Virk, Seann Walsh, Philip Jackson, Sue Vincent and more.

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Series 2, Episode 6 - Village Idiot

Bad Move. Image shows from L to R: Alice (Thelma Ruby), Steve (Jack Dee). Copyright: Open Mike Productions
Steve is chosen to play a key role in The Lantern Man Festival - an annual village tradition, the sinister origins of which are lost in the mists of time.

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Steve is chosen to play a key role in The Lantern Man Festival - an annual village tradition, the sinister origins of which are lost in the mists of time. As with most of these village traditions, it's largely an excuse for drunken revelry. So it's not the best time for Nicky's daughter Zoe to come and stay with them, having just split up with her boyfriend in Leeds. When Zoe takes a shine to the local bad lad Bronson, Nicky and Steve have to do their best to stop a romance blossoming. As Steve is made to don a ceremonial cloak and drag a straw figure through the village, things are hotting up - but that's nothing compared to the disastrous events which unfold at the fireworks display.

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 24th October 2018
Time
8pm
Channel
ITV1
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Jack Dee Steve
Kerry Godliman Nicky
Miles Jupp Matt
Manjinder Virk Meena
Seann Walsh Grizzo
Philip Jackson Ken
Sue Vincent Shannon
Aaryan Basu Silas
Isvari Ghai Pipps
George Somner Bronson
John Biggins Gareth (Voice)
Guest cast
Thelma Ruby Alice
Lynda Rooke Barbara
Molly McGlynn Zoe
Stuart Bowman Sniper
Writing team
Jack Dee Writer
Pete Sinclair Writer
Production team
Adam Miller Director
Debbie Pisani (as Debs Pisani) Producer
Andrew Beint Executive Producer
Jack Dee Associate Producer
Pete Sinclair Associate Producer
Jo Alloway Line Producer
Adam Bokey Editor
Thorin Thompson Production Designer
Catherine Willis Casting Director
Natalie Rogers (as Natalie Rogers-Wenzel) Costume Designer
Greg Duffield Director of Photography
Vicky Voller Make-up Designer
Ian Masterson Composer
Joe Holweger Composer
Peter Griffiths 1st Assistant Director

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The Lantern Man

As the town's Lantern Man Festival approaches, Steve is selected for the prestigious position of Keeper of the Lantern Man.

Featuring: Jack Dee (Steve), Kerry Godliman (Nicky), Miles Jupp (Matt), Manjinder Virk (Meena) & Lynda Rooke (Barbara).

Press

It is strange now to think that there was once something bracing about Jack Dee's brand of deadpan humour. The second series of this overly safe sitcom concludes with Dee's curmudgeonly city mouse being handed a key role at the village's annual festival, an honour that brings him face to face with the dreaded Lantern Man.

Gwilym Mumford, The Guardian, 24th October 2018

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