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

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)

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?

SEASON 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)

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

2000
March
21: UK - filming of Season Two begins

August
29: UK - filming of Season Two ends

Les allumés - French title

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

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

sitcom, hallucinations, computer games, flatshares, writers, skateboarding