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Nighty Night( 2004)

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Overview

Nighty Night is a British dark comedy sitcom written by and starring Julia Davis. It was first broadcast on 6 January 2004 on BBC Three before moving to BBC2. Notorious for its dark humour, the show follows narcissistic sociopath Jill Tyrell – who manages a beauty parlour alongside her moronic, asthmatic assistant Linda – as she learns that her husband has cancer. She uses this fact to manipulate new neighbour Cathy Cole, a wheelchair user with multiple sclerosis whose husband Don, a womanising doctor, Jill has become obsessed with. The theme tune used in the beginning of both series and during the closing credits for the first is an excerpt from the spaghetti western My Name Is Nobody, composed by the Italian film composer Ennio Morricone. In June 2006 it was announced that Sex and the City creator Darren Star would write and be executive producer of a US version, which has been commissioned for a pilot script. Steve Coogan and Henry Normal, founders of the production company Baby Cow, were to be co-Executive-Producers.

  1. Julia Davis

    Creator

Series Cast

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    Angus Deayton

    Don Cole

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    Julia Davis

    Jill Tyrrell

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    Rebecca Front

    Cathy Cole

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    Felicity Montagu

    Sue Forks

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    Ruth Jones

    Linda

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    Mark Gatiss

    Glenn Bulb

Current Season

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Season 2

2005 | 6 Episodes

Season 2 of Nighty Night premiered on Sep 06 2005

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A review by Timefox881

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Written by Timefox881 on Tue Aug 03 2021
**_This_** is British comedy. I hear people talk about how much they love "British comedy". So I ask them what shows, specifically, and they tell me stuff like Black Books or The Inbetweeners or The IT Crowd. Basic, formulaic, safe sitcoms that aren't inherently British at all, they just have actors with British accents. Nighty Night is dark, fearless, raunchy British comedy. I think Julia Davis might be a genius or misanthrope of the highest order to have come up with some of these character observations. And I loved every minute of it....

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Facts

Status

Ended

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Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

  • dark comedy
  • sitcom