Damned
- TV comedy drama
- Channel 4 / Sky Arts
- 2014 - 2018
- 13 episodes (2 series)
Comedy set in a social services department. Jo Brand, Alan Davies and Kevin Eldon are amongst the stars. Also features Himesh Patel, Georgie Glen, Isy Suttie, Morwenna Banks, Lolly Adefope and more.
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 5
Further details
It's an awkward start to the day when Rose and Dennis wake up in bed in Denise's house.
Nat is trying to land a birth partner with the offer of free crisps and water.
Al gets lumbered with Mimi when he visits an ex-client who has been skipping classes.
Rose rolls in to find Martin has dispatched Nitin to deal with her clients, a pair of drug-addicted parents, where he makes an unsettling discovery.
Zak makes an unwelcome return with wife Sophie who is horrified when the true nature of his problems are revealed with characteristic bluntness by Nitin.
Notes
This episode was postponed from its original scheduled slot of 10pm on 14th March to allow for extra programming after the death of Stephen Hawking.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 21st March 2018
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jo Brand | Rose Denby |
| Alan Davies | Al Kavanagh |
| Himesh Patel | Nitin |
| Kevin Eldon | Martin Bickerstaff |
| Georgie Glen | Denise Donnelly |
| Isy Suttie | Natalie Moore |
| Lolly Adefope | Mimi |
| Clive Mantle | Dennis |
| Mandeep Dhillon | Telephone Caller (Voice) |
| London Hughes | Telephone Caller (Voice) |
| Ellie White | Telephone Caller (Voice) |
| Ed Gaughan | Telephone Caller (Voice) |
| Jacob Scipio | Telephone Caller (Voice) |
| Catriona Knox | Sophie |
| Will Smith | Zak |
| Yasmine Akram | Hazel |
| Tom Basden | Aidan |
| Scarlett Brookes | Amy |
| Anya McKenna Bruce | Ellie |
| Dario Coates | Nick |
| Leonie Elliott | Melanie (Teaching Assistant) |
| Yohanna Ephrem | Zadie |
| Shola Adewusi | Telephone Caller (Voice) |
| Morwenna Banks | Writer |
| Jo Brand | Writer |
| Will Smith | Writer |
| Natalie Bailey | Director |
| Claire Whalley | Producer |
| Morwenna Banks | Associate Producer |
| Alison B Matthews | Line Producer |
| Ramit Anchal | Post Production Producer |
| Devan Vimal | Post Production Producer |
| Dan Robinson | Editor |
| Jeff Sherriff | Production Designer |
| Jo Buckingham | Casting Director |
| Marcia Stanton | Costume Designer |
| Jamie Hicks | Director of Photography |
| Sophie Slotover | Make-up Designer |
| Andy Lumsden | 1st Assistant Director |
Video
Looking for a birthing partner
Natalie explains to Martin about how she is looking for someone to be her birthing partner.
Featuring: Jo Brand (Rose Denby), Kevin Eldon (Martin Bickerstaff) & Isy Suttie (Natalie Moore).
Press
This sitcom set in a social services department feels caught - within the wobbly-camera workplace comedy genre - between the deadpan of The Office[ and the grotesquerie of The Thick of It. It is carried by a fine cast, whose characters' lives are scarcely less chaotic than those of their clientele.
Andrew Mueller, The Guardian, 14th March 2018It is an awkward start to the day when Rose and Dennis wake up in bed in Denise's house, while Nat is trying to land a birth partner with the offer of free crisps and water. Al gets lumbered with Mimi when he visits an ex-client who has been skipping classes, Rose turns up at the office to find Martin has dispatched Nitin to deal with a pair of drug-addicted clients and Zak makes an unwelcome return with wife Sophie, who is horrified when the true nature of his problems are revealed.
The National (Scotland), 14th March 2018