Mutual Friends

For the novel by Charles Dickens, see Our Mutual Friend.

Mutual Friends
Genre	Comedy drama
Written by	Anil Gupta Richard Pinto
Directed by	Catherine Morshead Jim O'Hanlon
Starring	Marc Warren Alexander Armstrong Keeley Hawes Sarah Alexander Joshua Sarphie
Composer(s)	Ben Bartlett
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mark Redhead
Producer(s)	Rob Bullock
Running time	57 mins
Production company(s)	Hat Trick Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Original run	26 August – 30 September 2008

Mutual Friends is a British comedy drama television series broadcast in six episodes on BBC One in 2008. The series starred Marc Warren, Alexander Armstrong, Keeley Hawes, Sarah Alexander, Claire Rushbrook, Emily Joyce, Naomi Bentley and Joshua Sarphie as a group of old friends whose lives are thrown into chaos when one of their group commits suicide.

Synopsis

Marc Warren depicts a terminally useless solicitor Martin, whose life as a lawyer, husband to Jen (Keeley Hawes) and father to Dan (Joshua Sarphie) is thrown into turmoil as a consequence of his friends' various mid-life crises, most notably that of his friend, the suave chancer Patrick (Alexander Armstrong). It is their mutual friends that provide sub plots and the name of the series.

Production

Most of the show was filmed in Henley. Filming for the court scene in episode two was filmed in Bracknell in the summer of 2008 at Bracknell's police station.

The series was not recommissioned by the BBC due to low ratings. Anil Gupta also attributed the demise of the series to the departure of Peter Fincham, the controller of BBC One, in 2008.^[1]

Reception

The series was nominated for Best TV Comedy Drama at the British Comedy Awards 2008.^[2]

DVD release

The series has been released on a two-disc DVD set by 2 Entertain.

References

1. ^ Parker, Robin (1 May 2009). "BBC axes Mutual Friends". Broadcastnow (Emap Media). Retrieved on 1 May 2009.
2. ^ "The Nominees 2008. British Comedy Awards. Retrieved on 1 May 2009.

External links

• Official press release at BBC Press Office
• Mutual Friends at the Internet Movie Database
• Mutual Friends at TV.com
• Mutual Friends at the British Comedy Guide