The Café
- TV sitcom
- Sky One
- 2011 - 2013
- 13 episodes (2 series)
Gentle sitcom based around a Weston-super-Mare café that acts as the social hub for the seaside town. Stars Ellie Haddington, Michelle Terry, June Watson, Ralf Little, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and more.
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 4 - Time And Tide
Further details
Whenever you need things to run smoothly, they invariably never do, and so it proves during this latest trip to Weston as Phil prepares to take the official photograph of Cyril's, its staff and customers for the tourist brochure. Even the Mayor is making an appearance.
The timing couldn't be worse for Carol to come down with hot flushes and for mum Mare to diagnose that she's going through 'the change'. An argument with Stan just tops it off.
Sarah, though, is pretty chipper at the minute, and following the age-old piece of advice that the best way to get over someone is to get under somebody else, she's spending a lot of time with Jason.
We also find out how the 'criminal' (to paraphrase Carol) ended up at the allotments in the first place. Elsewhere, Chloe fails her driving test for the eighth time, before making an unexpected discovery, and Phil takes a shine to Brenda.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 14th August 2013
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Sky One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Ellie Haddington | Carol Porter |
Michelle Terry | Sarah Porter |
June Watson | Mary Ellis |
Ralf Little | Richard Dickens |
Phoebe Waller-Bridge | Chloe Astill |
Kevin Trainor | Keiran Barker |
David Troughton | Stan Astill |
Carolin Stoltz | Ava Lipinski |
Seeta Indrani | Brenda Kiely |
Brian Murphy | Frank Dobson |
Marcia Warren | Alice Dobson |
Robert Glenister | Phil Porter |
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith | Jason |
Bob Roach | Deckchair Derek |
Mary Healey | Pound Shop Pam |
Susan Engel | Mrs. Smith |
Anita Jewiss | Biker Sue |
Ralf Little | Writer |
Michelle Terry | Writer |
Katherine Beacon | Script Editor |
Robin Sheppard | Director |
Susie Liggat | Producer |
Craig Cash | Executive Producer |
Lucy Ansbro | Executive Producer |
Lucy Lumsden | Executive Producer |
Sarah Dibsdall | Line Producer |
Ralf Little | Associate Producer |
Michelle Terry | Associate Producer |
Joshua Cunliffe (as Josh Cunliffe) | Editor |
Roderick Stratfold (as Rod Stratfold) | Production Designer |
Angela Grosvenor | Casting Director |
Lynne Gibson | Costume Designer |
David Marsh | Director of Photography |
Jill Walton (as Jill Sweeney) | Make-up Designer |
Adam Lipinski | Composer |
Chris Stoaling | 1st Assistant Director |