91Èȱ¬ FOUR Autumn
2006
91Èȱ¬ FOUR finds itself in a tight spot
91Èȱ¬ FOUR gets into a tight spot in the New Year, with four exciting new comedies in which the central characters are all stuck in very different situations.
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Janice Hadlow, Controller, 91Èȱ¬ FOUR, says: "This is a brilliant chance to showcase both new and established acting, production and writing talent on the channel, with four stand-out comedies that have a distinctive 91Èȱ¬ FOUR flavour.
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"Single dramas have worked fantastically well on the channel - now it's comedy's turn."
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Janice Hadlow and Lucy Lumsden, Controller, Comedy Commissioning, have commissioned four one-off, half-hour comedies, from 91Èȱ¬ in-house comedy and from independents.
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The season will run on 91Èȱ¬ FOUR in the New Year.
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Tight Spot Season
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Freezing
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Freezing is a modern, urban comedy about what happens when fame and promise start to fade away.
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Elizabeth is American and an Oscar-nominated actress who was discovered by Robert Redford. She's acted in numerous successful films with people like Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Robert de Niro. That was then.
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Now she lives in a West London suburb with her publishing husband Matt. She spends a lot of time worrying about where the next job will come from.
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So does Matt, because he's just been replaced by his assistant at the publishing firm where he worked for 15 years.
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As a result – and for the first time in their marriage - Matt and Elizabeth now have to spend their days together at home - two freelancers seeking work.
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Written by James Wood, directed by Simon Curtis and produced by Kenton Allen and Simon Curtis.
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Freezing is a 91Èȱ¬ production.
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HR
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Written by Nigel Williams and executive produced by Jon Plowman, HR is the story of two white middle-aged men: one is a middle manager, the other is his HR person.
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Both of them are under threat from the brave new world of management consultancy.
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HR is a piece about the "tight spot" many employees find themselves in when working in modern, faceless corporations. The madness going on in offices, by water coolers, at away days - all over the country.
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A 91Èȱ¬ production.
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Lift
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On the edge of meltdown, businessman Paul is late for a make-or-break meeting.
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Sunita will not shut up about her inappropriate life experiences.
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Rocco is a 17-year-old with seven different, very evident major phobias.
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Christabel is dangerously jolly and is challenged in the bladder area.
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Four ill-fitting people who want to be as far away as possible from one another. Unfortunately this isn't possible. They're stuck in a lift.
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Will they ever get out? If they do, will there still be four of them alive?
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It's like Lost, only more cramped.
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Lift is a Hartswood Films Production, written by the Edinburgh 2006 if.comeddie Panel Award winner Mark Watson, executive produced by Beryl Vertue and Sue Vertue and produced by Mark Freeland.
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Stuck
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Adrian (forty-something, well groomed, sharp-suited ad executive) is driving. He's pompous, pernickety and tense.
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Simon (late twenties, creative-looking in his hip-casual clothes) is in the passenger seat. He's laid-back and doesn't want to be there.
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The two have nothing in common except work. Simon's on the way up the career path, Adrian is on the way down.
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On the back seat is a laptop and some presentation portfolios. All very neatly stacked. The car is stationary.
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Stuck is a Baby Cow production written by Mark Warren. Executive producers are Henry Normal and Lindsay Hughes.
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