Rescue Me (British TV series)

Rescue Me is a British romantic comedy television series produced by Tiger Aspect Productions and broadcast on BBC One in 2002. It was created, and principally written, by David Nicholls and stars Sally Phillips as Katie Nash, a woman who is recovering from a divorce while at the same time writing relationship features for Eden, the women's magazine she works on. The series was filmed from November to December 2001.[1] It ran for six episodes, averaging 3.4 million viewers and a 15% audience share in its Sunday night timeslot. The low ratings meant it was not recommissioned for a second series, leaving an unresolved cliffhanger.[2] Nicholls had written four episodes of the unmade second series before discovering Rescue Me had been cancelled. As a result, he took a break from screenwriting to concentrate on his debut novel Starter for Ten.[3] A cover version of "Rescue Me", performed by Oliver Darley, is the series theme tune.[4]

Rescue Me
Genre	Romantic comedy
Written by	David Nicholls
Starring	Sally Phillips
Theme music composer	Raynard Miner and Carl Smith
Opening theme	"Rescue Me" by Oliver Darley
Ending theme	Reprise
Composer(s)	Matt Dunkley
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Greg Brenman Gareth Neame
Producer(s)	Christine Langan
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Tiger Aspect Productions
Distributor	Endemol UK
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	3 March – 7 April 2002
External links
Website

Cast

• Sally Phillips as Katie Nash, a feature writer on a magazine.
• Stewart Wright as Eddie Chisholm, the sub-editor who is Katie's shoulder to cry on.
• Oliver Chris as Luke Chatwin, the humorous photographer.
• James Lance as Guy, the magazine art director.
• Eliza Bennett as Natasha Bell, the deputy editor.
• Vincent Regan as Matthew Nash, Katie's husband.
• Sasha Behar as Emma Peters, the editor.
• Andrea Lowe as Melanie Woods, Emma's PA.

Episodes

Title	Writer	Director	Original airdate
"Episode 1"	David Nicholls	Kate Dennis	3 March 2002 (2002-03-03)
"Episode 2"	David Nicholls	Kate Dennis	10 March 2002 (2002-03-10)
"Episode 3"	David Nicholls	Kate Dennis	17 March 2002 (2002-03-17)
"Episode 4"	David Nicholls	Julian Holmes	24 March 2002 (2002-03-24)
"Episode 5"	Oliver Brown	Julian Holmes	31 March 2002 (2002-03-31)
"Episode 6"	David Nicholls	Christine Langan	7 April 2002 (2002-04-07)

References

1. Holmwood, Leigh (1 November 2001). "Heggessey asks Cold Feet producer for new rom-com". Broadcast. EMAP Business. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
2. Deans, Jason (14 May 2002). "BBC axes Rescue Me". Media Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2007.
3. Martin, Will (29 February 2008). "Sally Phillips interview". Last Broadcast. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
4. Staff writer (5 April 2002). "Robbie's rival is back". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. Gordon will be touring with rising star Oliver Darley, best known for his rendition of Rescue Me, for the hit BBC series of the same name.

External links

• Rescue Me at bbc.co.uk
• Rescue Me at Tiger Aspect Productions
• Rescue Me on IMDb