Gates
- TV sitcom
- Sky Living
- 2012
- 5 episodes (1 series)
Sitcom about parental rivalries on the school run. Sue Johnston, Joanna Page and Tom Ellis star. Also features Catherine Shepherd, Tony Gardner, Nick Mohammed, Toby Wharton, Nadine Marshall and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2012
- Channel
- Sky Living
- Episodes
- 5 (1 series)
- Creators
- Laurence Bowen, Andrew Collins, Richard Preddy, Dan Sefton and Abigail Wilson
- Stars
- Joanna Page, Tom Ellis, Catherine Shepherd, Sue Johnston, Tony Gardner, Nick Mohammed, Toby Wharton, Nadine Marshall and more
- Writers
- Andrew Collins, Richard Preddy, Dan Sefton and Abigail Wilson
- Director
- Gordon Anderson
- Producers
- Izzy Mant, Lucy Lumsden, Saskia Schuster, Laurence Bowen and Phil Clarke
- Company
Gates is an ensemble comedy set amidst the all-too-familiar chaos of the school gates.
Mark and Helen are parents who've recently moved to the South East where their nine-year-old daughter is starting at a new primary school. And they're about to discover what happens when your children choose your friends.
Sky says: "Essentially a character comedy, but with a nod to those sketch-like moments of madness which can only ever happen in the playground, Gates casts an eye on how relationships with parents formed during fifteen minutes of a school drop off and pick up can so easily take over your life. The school gates can be an unforgiving, socially exposed political minefield."
Additional details
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 14th August 2012 at 8:30pm on Sky Living
- Most recent repeats
Recording details
- Enfield - Filmed in July 2011.