Hitmen
- TV sitcom
- Sky Comedy / Sky One
- 2020 - 2021
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Sitcom starring Mel & Sue as professional assassins. Also features Sue Perkins, Mel Giedroyc, Katherine Parkinson, Asim Chaudhry and Tonya Cornelisse
Episode menu
Series 2: Hitmen Reloaded, Episode 1
Further details
Having killed a drug dealer (dressed as a football mascot) at the start of the episode, our killer duo take the night off and get dressed up in 80s gear to go to a school reunion. It's been thirty-two years since they last saw their classmates, so they enter with mixed emotions. Sure, they are now doing well for themselves - just look at their box-fresh Mercedes van - and Fran is particularly keen to prove herself and get some closure on the bullying she had to endure. But much as she's tempted, she can't exactly tell people she kills people for a living - and memories of an embarrassing incident continue to haunt her.
Meanwhile, Jamie has a simpler ambition at the party; to get with her teenage crush Danny French - she just has to fight off the competition first. They bump into an old classmate Kat Gaitskill, who used to be good friends with Jamie until Fran arrived at the school, and is now a successful motivational lifestyle guru. Keen to reconnect with Jamie, Kat helps her pave the way for a smooch with Danny, while Fran is left upset by former classmates gossiping about her. She confides in who she believes to be old schoolmate Robin Sharma, but who actually turns out to be a hitman sent to get retribution for the football mascot they killed.
All the teenage angst disappears as Fran and Jamie realise they have a bigger problem on their hands - a lethal assassin at an 80s themed-party bent on revenge.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 29th September 2021
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Sky Comedy
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Sue Perkins | Fran |
Mel Giedroyc | Jamie |
Katherine Parkinson | Kat |
Chizzy Akudolu | Tina Bartrum |
Sanjeev Bhaskar | Robin Sharma |
Pandora Clifford | Nat |
Mika Hood | Young Fran |
Alex Lowe | Danny Kemp |
Sarah Mayhew | Fay |
Tania Rodrigues | Lily |
Alisdair Simpson | Jim |
Dan Tetsell | Mascot |
Joe Parham | Writer |
Joe Markham | Writer |
Oriane Messina | Script Editor |
Fay Rusling | Script Editor |
Mel Giedroyc | Script Consultant |
Sue Perkins | Script Consultant |
David Sant | Director |
Ali Bryer Carron | Producer |
Siobhan Rhodes (as Siobhan Bachman) | Executive Producer |
Arnold Widdowson | Executive Producer |
Tilusha Ghelani | Executive Producer |
Mel Giedroyc | Associate Producer |
Joe Parham | Associate Producer |
Sue Perkins | Associate Producer |
Joe Markham | Associate Producer |
Anne Patterson | Co-producer |
Nick Ames | Editor |
Jim Holloway | Production Designer |
Tracey Gillham | Casting Director |
Nadine Hindi | Costume Designer |
Trevelyan Oliver | Director of Photography |
Nicola Coleman | Make-up Designer |
Micaela Ralph | Graphics |
Andy Stenning | 1st Assistant Director |