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Freezing. Image shows from L to R: Matt (Hugh Bonneville), Elizabeth (Elizabeth McGovern). Copyright: BBC
Freezing

Freezing

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Two / BBC Four
  • 2007 - 2008
  • 3 episodes (1 series)

Short sitcom series about an American actress and her British book publishing husband. Stars Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Tom Hollander, Ben Miles, Tim McInnerny and more.

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Pilot

For the first time in their marriage Matt and Elizabeth now have to spend their days together at home - two freelancers seeking work.

Further details

Freezing. Image shows from L to R: Matt (Hugh Bonneville), Stephen (Ben Miles). Copyright: BBC

For the first time in their marriage Matt and Elizabeth now have to spend their days together at home - two freelancers seeking work.

Things look as if they might improve when actress Elizabeth is offered an exciting new art-house movie, and Matt discovers an "astro-cool" new sci-fi writer. Okay, so Elizabeth might have to perform one or two sexually explicit scenes in her movie, and Matt might not totally understand what his writer's novel is actually about, but they just need to keep their cool and stick together.

Luckily, Elizabeth's agent, Leon Blakely, is one of the most powerful men in the business and capable of bullying anyone into anything. Perhaps unluckily, Elizabeth and Matt are also Leon's best friends, a situation that should help Elizabeth's cause though frequently doesn't.

All three are desperate to cling on to their credibility - as well as each other - while discovering the hard way how cold life can be when you're no longer considered "hot".

Notes

This pilot episode was repeated as the first of a mini-series on BBC Two at 10:00pm on Wednesday 20th February 2008, with two new episodes the following evenings.

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 28th February 2007
Time
10:30pm
Channel
BBC Four
Length
35 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Hugh Bonneville Matt
Elizabeth McGovern Elizabeth
Tom Hollander Leon Blakely
Ben Miles Stephen
Alan Yentob Self
Richard E. Grant Self
Writing team
James Wood Writer
Production team
Simon Curtis Director
Simon Curtis Producer
Kenton Allen Executive Producer

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