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Landscapers. Image shows from L to R: Susan (Olivia Colman), Christopher (David Thewlis)
Landscapers

Landscapers

  • TV comedy drama
  • Sky Atlantic
  • 2021
  • 4 episodes (1 series)

A couple become the focus of an investigation when dead bodies are discovered in their back garden. Stars Olivia Colman, David Thewlis, Kate O'Flynn, Dipo Ola, Daniel Rigby and more.

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Landscapers. Image shows from L to R: Susan (Olivia Colman), Christopher (David Thewlis)

Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2021
Channel
Sky Atlantic
Episodes
4 (1 series)
Creator
Ed Sinclair
Stars
Olivia Colman, David Thewlis, Kate O'Flynn, Dipo Ola, Daniel Rigby, Samuel Anderson, Felicity Montagu and David Hayman
Writers
Ed Sinclair, Will Sharpe, Jessica Hill, Pelumi Akinyemi and Darrell Ennis-Gayle
Director
Will Sharpe
Producers
Katie Carpenter, Serena Thompson, Jane Featherstone, Chris Fry, Ed Sinclair, Olivia Colman, Will Sharpe and Harry Munday
Companies

"An exhilarating and darkly funny exploration of love and fantasy."

Inspired by real events, Landscapers tells a unique love story involving a seemingly ordinary couple who become the focus of an extraordinary investigation when a couple of dead bodies are discovered in the back garden of a house in Nottingham.

Mild-mannered husband and wife Susan and Christopher Edwards have been on the run from reality for over 15 years. When Christopher makes a startling call home to his step-mother, their role in a terrible crime that remained undiscovered for over a decade begins to emerge into the light. As their relationship is subjected to the glare of a full police investigation, the devoted couple are separated for the first time in their marriage.

As the investigation moves forward, inspired by Susan's obsession with old Westerns and classic cinema the fantasists cast themselves as Hollywood heroes in narratives of their own invention. Powered by Susan's extraordinary imagination, Susan and Chris's fantasy world provides a much needed sanctuary from real-world horrors and their own clawing guilt, but also threatens to undo them completely.

Additional details

Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Tuesday 7th December 2021 at 9pm on Sky Atlantic
Most recent repeats
  • Friday 8th December 2023 at 11:20pm on Sky Atlantic - Episode 4
  • Sunday 3rd December 2023 at 9:00pm on Sky Atlantic - Episode 4
  • Thursday 30th November 2023 at 12:10am on Sky Atlantic - Episode 3

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