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Spaced (1999 - 2000) Country of Origin: UK Date(s) of Broadcast: 24 September 1999 - 13 April 2001 Number of Seasons: 2 Total Number of Episodes: 14 Average Episode Running Times: 27 mins
Format: colour / black and white
Digital Video
Ratio: 1.78:1 Sound: stereo CREDITS PRODUCTION Production Companies: London Weekend Television / Paramount Comedy Channel Executive Producer: Humphrey Barclay Producers: Gareth Edwards, Nira Park SCRIPT Scripts: Simon Pegg, Jessica Stevenson DIRECTION Director: Edgar Wright 1st Assistant Director: James Imber PHOTOGRAPHY Director of Photography: Andy Hollis EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION Editor: Chris Dickens MUSIC Music: Guy Pratt MAKE UP AND COSTUMES Costume Designer: Annie Hardinge DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION Production Designer: Jo Sutherland LOCATIONS Locations: London, England, UK CASTING Casting: Janie Frazer CAST Jessica Stevenson (Daisy Steiner) Simon Pegg (Tim Bisley) Julia Deakin (Marsha Klein) Mark Heap (Brian Topp) Katy Carmichael (Twist Morgan) Nick Frost (Mike Watt) SUMMARY
A pair of hopeless 20-somethings share a flat, pretending
initially to be a couple to fool their new landlady. Gathering around
them a bizarre collection of eccentric friends, they try to make something
of their lives while obsessing about Star Wars, comics, computer
games and science fiction.
CAPSULE REVIEW
A brilliant and inspired sitcom that plugs effortlessly into geek culture
and celebrates it like nothing else on British television. Genre fans
are well served with more references, homages and in-jokes than you
can take in on a single viewing. Surreal, clever, brilliantly acted
and full of jokes about Star
Wars and zombie movies - what more could you ask for?
EPISODESSEASON ONE (1999) Beginnings (24 September 1999) Gatherings (1 October 1999) Art (8 October 1999) Battles (15 October 1999) Chaos (22 October 1999) Epiphanies (29 October 1999) Ends (5 November 1999) SEASON TWO (2001) Back (23 February 2001) Change (2 March 2001) Mettle (9 March 2001) Help (23 March 2001) Gone (30 March 2001) Dissolution (6 April 2001) Leaves (13 April 2001) AVAILABILITY Australia Television Distributor: ABC Canada Television Distributor: Bravo Finland Television Distributor: YLE France Television Distributor: Comedie network Germany Television Distributor: Prime Productions Iceland Television Distributor: Icelandic Broadcasting Corp Ireland Television Distributor: RTE Israel Television Distributor: DBS; Yes+ Netherlands Television Distributor: V8TV New Zealand Television Distributor: Prime Television Norway Television Distributor: NRK UK Television Distributor: Channel Four USA Television Distributor: Bravo TIMELINE
2000
March
21: UK - filming of Season Two begins
August 29: UK - filming of Season Two ends ALTERNATIVE TITLES Les allumés - French title
AWARDS
1999
British Comedy Awards
Best Female Comedy Newcomer (Jessica Stevenson - also for The Royle
Family) - winner
Best Male Comedy Newcomer (Simon Pegg) - nominated
Best TV Comedy - nominated
2000
British Academy Awards
BAFTA TV Award: Situation Comedy Award (Gareth Edwards, Nira Park, Edgar
Wright) - nominated
2001
British Comedy Awards
Best TV Comedy Actress (Jessica Stevenson) - winner
International Emmy Awards
Popular Arts (for Season Two) - nominated LINKS
SEE ALSO
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Akira (1988)
American Werewolf in London (1981)
Animal Magic (1962)
Blue Velvet (1986)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Cujo (1983)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Doom (NO DATE)
Evil Dead (1982)
Evil Dead 2 (1987)
The Exorcist (1973)
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Heads and Tails (NO DATE)
Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1996)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Poltergeist (1982)
Psycho (1960)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Resident Evil 2 (1998)
Roobarb and Custard (1974)
Scooby Doo, Where Are You? (1969 - 1972)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
The Shining (1980)
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Terminator (1984)
Tripods (1984 - 1985)
Tron (1982)
Village of the Damned (1960)
Village of the Damned (1995)
X-Files (1993 - 2002)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Broadcast 1 October 1999 p.17 (UK)
letter
Broadcast 19 November 1999 p.2 (UK)
illustrated note, credits
Broadcast 16 June 2000 pp.18 - 19 (UK)
illustrated article
KEYWORDS
sitcom, hallucinations, computer games, flatshares, writers,
skateboarding
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