Marion And Geoff
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two / BBC One
- 2000 - 2003
- 16 episodes (2 series)
Rob Brydon plays the taxi driver who is obsessed with his wife's elopement.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2000 - 2003
- Channels
- BBC Two, BBC One
- Episodes
- 16 (2 series), plus 1 Comic Relief special
- Creators
- Rob Brydon and Hugo Blick
- Star
- Rob Brydon
- Writers
- Rob Brydon and Hugo Blick
- Director
- Hugo Blick
- Producers
- Hugo Blick, Steve Coogan, Henry Normal, Kerry Waddell and Rob Brydon
- Company
Created by Rob Brydon and Hugo Blick, the programme features Keith Barret, a taxi driver estranged from his wife, Marion, and children, Rhys and Alun. Although it's clear the separation is having a devastating effect on him, he's determined - to the point of near insanity - to remain positive. "I don't look at it as losing a wife," he says, reflecting on Marion's relationship with colleague Geoff, "I look at it as gaining a friend."
Despite his chirpy testimony, it's clear Marion is behaving in an incredibly cruel fashion, turning his beloved children ("my little smashers") against their dad.
By the second series, Keith's relationship with Marion has, if anything, deteriorated since we last saw him. He's been denied access to his kids, and has turned to social services to negotiate visiting rights.
Professionally, he's on the up, working as a chauffeur for an American couple and spending his days ferrying around their obnoxious son Fisher.
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Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 26th September 2000 at 9:50pm on BBC Two
- Most recent repeats
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- Wednesday 12th August 2015 at 1:35am on U&Gold
- Tuesday 11th August 2015 at 1:35am on U&Gold
- Monday 10th August 2015 at 1:35am on U&Gold