Men of the World

Men of the World was a 1990s BBC1 situation comedy which starred David Threlfall and John Simm.

Men of the World
GenreSitcom
Created byDaniel Peacock
StarringDavid Threlfall
John Simm
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Production location(s)Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Running time30 minutes
Production company(s)Alomo Productions for BBC
DistributorFremantleMedia
Release
Original networkBBC1
Picture format4:3
Audio formatStereo
Original release14 March 1994 (1994-03-14) –
30 August 1995 (1995-08-30)

Production details

Written by Daniel Peacock — who also appeared as the character Gilby Watson.[1] — Men of the World was directed by Terry Kinane and produced for Alomo Productions by Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran and Claire Hinson.[2] Marks and Gran are successful sitcom writers in their own right.

Neither series has ever been repeated on UK terrestrial television, though was shown on Carlton Select sometime in the late nineties. However, it has not had a DVD release and appears to have largely been forgotten.

Plot

Lenny Smart and Kendle Bains are flatmates and work together as travel agents in Manchester. Thirtysomething Lenny attempts, with the help of old friend Gilby, to turn sensitive 23-year-old Kendle into a "real man". In one episode, Kendle receives a telescope for a birthday present and subsequently ends up looking into all the windows opposite, Gilby, Becky and her friends end up fighting over what to look at.

Main cast

Episodes
gollark: Builders are impractical for that.
gollark: I think it was more because of Incident 406-A.
gollark: And those wouldn't allow teleporting, silly.
gollark: Because ale is bees.
gollark: This would also provide an excuse for having a very overengineered power grid.

References
  1. BBC Comedy Guide — Men of the World
  2. Phill.co.uk — Men of the World
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