Off the Hook (TV series)

Off the Hook
Written by	Dean Craig
Directed by	Vadim Jean; Andy de Emmony
Starring	Jonathan Bailey; Danny Morgan; James Buckley; Joanna Cassidy; Georgia King
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Producer(s)	Nick Hamm; Simon Maxwell
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Greenroom Entertainment
Release
Original network	BBC Three; BBC HD
Original release	10 September –; 22 October 2009
External links
	Website

Off the Hook is a British sitcom about a group of freshers at university. It was first broadcast on BBC Three and BBC HD between 10 September and 22 October 2009. The show's cast includes Jonathan Bailey, who plays the protagonist Danny, Danny Morgan as Shane and James Buckley as Fred. They are joined by Joanna Cassidy who plays Scarlet and Georgia King as Wendy "Weird Bloke".

Production

The series was commissioned as part of the BBC Switch strand. Its original title was Fresh.[1] It first appeared online in small five-minute episodes in September 2008 before later being developed into a full series. It was filmed on location at the University of Westminster's Harrow campus, which is used as the backdrop for the fictional Bankside University. Since the first series there has been no further production, suggesting that it has probably been cancelled.[2]

Plot

The series centres on Danny Gordon as he embarks on his first year at Bankside University. Unbeknown to him his "worst best friend" from school, Shane McKay, has been awarded a place at Bankside via the clearing system, and proceeds to gatecrash Danny's university life. The pair share their student accommodation with Scarlet Hayes, Fred and Wendy "Weird Bloke".

The first episode introduces the characters and displays Danny's introduction into university life including life modelling, chatting up girls who have boyfriends at home and learning that there is a university degree called Moral Philosophy with Comparative Philology.

gollark: That's not some sort of universal truth, just a rough heuristic which is somewhat accurate.

gollark: I mean, those apply to some narrowly defined things in physics, for limited definitions of "action" and such, but not in general so far as I can tell.

gollark: I don't think so, unless you really stretch the definition most of the time or claim it's metaphorical or something.

gollark: Like "colourless green ideas sleep furiously" and such.

gollark: It's just that stuff like "thought isnt action. so things that started as thought are just concepts in action, the action is still the same action as all other actions, push and pull." and "every action has an equal and opposite reaction" don't seem like... semantically meaningful sentences. I mean, they're... valid sentences, but don't look like they're actually conveying any true useful information.

References

Network TV BBC Week 37 Highlights 12-18 September 2009
"New BBC teen comedy series filmed at Westminster". University of Westminster. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2009.

External links

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[1] Network TV BBC Week 37 Highlights 12-18 September 2009

[2] "New BBC teen comedy series filmed at Westminster". University of Westminster. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2009.