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.

Julia Davis
Creator

Series Cast

Angus Deayton
Don Cole
Julia Davis
Jill Tyrrell
Rebecca Front
Cathy Cole
Felicity Montagu
Sue Forks
Ruth Jones
Linda
Mark Gatiss
Glenn Bulb

Current Season

Season 2

2005 | 6 Episodes

Season 2 of Nighty Night premiered on Sep 06 2005

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A review by Timefox881

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....