The Function Room
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 2012
- 1 pilot
A studio sitcom set in a pub function room which observes the pub regulars who've booked the room for different events. Stars Paul Ritter, Kevin Eldon, Jessica Knappett, Blake Harrison, Beverly Rudd and more.
Character guide
Jim Costello
The organiser of tonight's Meet The Police event, Jim is a bit out of his depth when it comes to actually staying in charge of a feisty group of local residents.
Inspector Tony Marks
Unflappable Inspector Marks is not fan of 'police speak' and wants to present a human, everyman face of the force. He is a little bit...weird though.
PC Kelly Mink
The district's new Beat Copper, Kelly is eager to make an impression, but distinctly by the book. She never uses one word when ten would do.
Steve Lawson
Steve and his wife Gillian are a young local couple who are as interested in having a laugh as they are in discussing local issues. If there'd been a decent film on the telly, they'd probably have stayed at home.
Yannick Montagu
Yannick is twitchy, self-important and nerdy, a self-styled psychological profiler who reckons he has a handle on the identity of the current scourge of the neighbourhood, The Shit Egg Killer.
Arthur Marvin
A semi-retired (though he wouldn't acknowledge it) actor, Arthur is no fan of modern life and longs for a time before local youths ran riot on the suburban streets.
Stuart
Stuart and Marina are the well-to-do couple who effortlessly rub all the other locals up the wrong way. Loud and braying, they wrongly assume everyone is terribly interested in everything they have to say.
The Priest
The Priest (so named because of the white bandage permanently at his throat) is bullshitter Rhodesy's long-suffering foil.
Sandy
The downtrodden barman, Sandy is man of simple pleasures and little complexity.
Peasey
A late replacement for the scheduled speaker on home security, reformed criminal Peasey is not exactly what the local residents were expecting. And they are not exactly his typical audience.