Common As Muck

Common As Muck
Series One title caption featuring Bernard, played by Richard Ridings
Format	Live action / Drama / Comedy
Created by	William Ivory
Starring	Edward Woodward Roy Hudd Tim Healy Neil Dudgeon George Raistrick Nimmy March Kathy Burke Ian Mercer
Ending theme	Original music by The Other Two
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer(s)	Michael Wearing John Chapman(Producer)
Running time	50 mins
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Original run	7 September 1994 (1994-09-07) – 12 February 1997 (1997-02-12)

Common As Muck was a comedy drama serial made by the BBC about the lives of a crew of binmen; it ran for two series.

Characters

Actor	Role
Edward Woodward	Nev Smith
Neil Dudgeon	Ken Andrews
Richard Ridings	Bernard Green
Tim Healy	Foxy
Stephen Lord	Jonno Fox
Roy Hudd	John Parry
June Whitfield	Irene Watson
Kathy Burke	Sharon
Terence Rigby	Dougie Houd
Saeed Jaffrey	Nat Prabhakar
Lesley Sharp	Christine Stranks
Freda Dowie	Dulcie Green
George Raistrick	Mister Arnold
Paul Shane	Mike Roberts
Tony Melody	Nev's Friend
William Ivory	Vinny
Simon Ashley	Stan
Anthony Barclay	Sunil Prabhakar
Michelle Holmes	Marie
Nimmy March	Denice Andrews

Series One (1994)

The first series concentrated on the trials and tribulations of a team of bin men through a number of politically-motivated moves by the local council to privatise the refuse collection of the fictional town in which the series is set. The main characters are pitched against the corrupt council leaders and are seen to be taken over by a contractor and ultimately triumphing over an increasingly corrupt management. The first series featured Tim Healy whose character died in the penultimate episode and therefore did not appear in the second series.

• Episode One

7 September 1994

• Episode Two

14 September 1994

• Episode Three

21 September 1994

• Episode Four

28 September 1994

• Episode Five

5 October 1994

• Episode Six

12 October 1994

Series Two (1997)

The focus of the second series shifted away from the refuse disposal theme, with the opening episode showing the main characters being made redundant; subsequent episodes followed the lives of the characters, showing them experimenting with a number of different jobs including window cleaners, painters and decorators and in the case of Nev Smith coping with retirement after serving 45 years on the bins. A number of new characters were introduced into the second series including those played by veteran actors Frank Finlay, Paul Shane and June Whitfield and a minor role for James Nesbitt as a parish priest.

• Episode One

8 January 1997

• Episode Two

15 January 1997

• Episode Three

22 January 1997

• Episode Four

29 January 1997

• Episode Five

5 February 1997

• Episode Six

12 February 1997

Scheduling

Owing to the long period of time between the two series the original series was repeated on BBC One immediately prior to the screening of the second series. The two series were also re-shown on the now-defunct satellite channel Granada Plus in 2002.

Filming locations

• Newton Heath
• Miles Platting
• Shaw and Crompton (Series One)
• Oldham (Series One & Two)
• Blackpool (Series Two) [1]
• Fleetwood (Series Two) [2]
• Cleveleys (Series Two) [3]
• Stalybridge (Hough Hill area used for Nev's retirement and Parade of Dustbin Trucks - Series 2 Ep.1)

Commercial release

The series has never been made commercially available on any format.

External links

• Common As Muck at the Internet Movie Database
• Common As Muck at TV.com
• This is Lancashire Common As Muck, series 2 filming details.

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