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Respectable. Hayley (Jodi Albert). Copyright: Silver River
Respectable

Respectable

  • TV sitcom
  • Channel 5 / Comedy Central
  • 2006
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Comedy set in a brothel run by a chain-smoking granny who's seen it all. Shy Michael stumbles in one day and falls for the sweet and innocent Hayley. Stars Justin Edwards, Jodi Albert, Cordelia Bugeja, Helen Modern, Beatrice Kelley and more.

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Respectable. Image shows from L to R: Maureen (Beatrice Kelley), Kate (Cordelia Bugeja), Yelena (Barunka O'Shaughnessy), Hayley (Jodi Albert), Michael (Justin Edwards), Barry (Nick Holder), Pippa (Helen Grace). Copyright: Silver River

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2006
Channels
Channel 5, Comedy Central
Episodes
6 (1 series)
Stars
Justin Edwards, Jodi Albert, Cordelia Bugeja, Helen Modern, Beatrice Kelley, Helen Grace, Barunka O'Shaughnessy and Nick Holder
Writers
Shaun Pye, Harry Thompson and Alan Connor
Director
Dominic Brigstocke
Producers
Shaun Pye, Daisy Goodwin and Nick Mortimer
Company

Respectable follows a group of young women working together, squabbling, chatting and bonding. There's just one difference... they work in a brothel.

The Debonnaire is a brothel run by chain-smoking grandmother Maureen, an extremely skilled woman who's seen it all. Her girls are innocent wannabe Hayley; student Katie; and the scary Yelena - a Serbian war criminal on the run.

In stumbles shy, clumsy Michael Price, whose marriage is in ruins and who falls head-over-heels for the beautiful Hayley, although unlike the regular clientele, he's far too polite to actually ask her for sex.

In this house full of sex toys and negligees a love story develops... But can there be a happy ending in a house like this?

Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Wednesday 30th August 2006 at 10:30pm on Channel 5

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