The Visit (TV series)

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show_name = The Visit


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genre = Comedy
| director = Tony Dow
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starring = Iain McKee
Steve Edge
John Henshaw
Vincent Davies
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country = UK
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 7
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executive_producer = Kenton Allen
producer = John Rushton
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editor = Simon Reglar
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runtime = 30 minutes (aprox.)
network = BBC Three
on_demand = BBC iPlayer, Virgin Media
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first_run = 15 July 2007
first_aired = 15 July 2007
last_aired = 26 August 2007
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website = http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/thevisit/
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"The Visit" is a British television programme starring Iain McKee and Steve Edge.cite web
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BBC revealed The Visit is part of a series trilogy with I'm With Stupid and Thieves Like Us and the decision is yet to be made about a second series.fact|date=August 2007

Plot outline

The show is set entirely in the visiting room of a prison. Stray sheep, dodgy drug deals and snatched conjugal rights are common, as the inmates of HMP Radford Hill are reunited with family and friends.

Characters

Michael

Played by Iain McKee: Michael has taken the rap for a jewellery robbery. He refused to grass the other robbers, meaning he is the one to get locked up while the real culprits remain free, one of which was his brother, Stevie. However to save his brother from the prison sentence Michael took the fall for him.

Clint

Played by Steve Edge: Gambling addict Clint is desperate to prove his machismo but what chance has he got when his wife - the long-suffering Bev - does not take him seriously. His unseen nine-year old son Jamie is constant source of comedy and anxiety (at least on Clint's part) with ongoing references to his unhealthy interests of dolls, skipping and stage musicals. Clint has an unfortunate ability to say the wrong thing at the wrong time and upset those around him.

Officer Mark Bamford

Played by Darren Tighe: Prison Officer Bamford likes to keep a tight ship. However the harder he tries the more of a fool he makes himself look. Bamford is usually at the end of fellow prison officer, Russell's jokes, with Bamford always calling Russell a twat behind his back once he has become the butt of the joke.

Cast

* Iain McKee ... Michael
* John Henshaw ... Dad
* Craig Fitzpatrick ... Stevie
* Beatrice Kelly ... Nana
* Steve Edge ... Clint
* Naomi Radcliffe ... Bev
* Angel Coulby ... Rachael
* Darren Tighe ... Officer Mark Bamford
* Neil Bell ... Russell
* Vincent Davies ... Pete
* Stephen Martin Walters ... Splodge

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/thevisit/ "The Visit"] at bbc.co.uk
* [http://www.sitcom.co.uk/the_visit/ British Sitcom Guide]
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