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