The Invisibles (TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = The Invisibles


caption = "The Invisibles" intertitle
genre = Comedy drama
creator = William Ivory
director = Will Sinclair
Metin Huseyin
company = Company Pictures
starring = Anthony Head
Warren Clarke
Jenny Agutter
Dean Lennox Kelly
composer = Norwell and Green
country = United Kingdom
language = English
num_series =
num_episodes = 6
list_episodes =
executive_producer = George Faber
Charlie Pattinson
William Ivory
Andrew Lowe
Polly Hill
producer = Richard Burrell
editor = Adam Trottman
location = Ireland
Northern Ireland
camera =
runtime = 60 min.
network = BBC One BBC HD
picture_format = 576p (SDTV)
1080p (HDTV)
audio_format =
first_aired = 1 May 2008
last_aired =
website = http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/invisibles
imdb_id = 1215315

"The Invisibles" is a UK 2008 comedy drama series created and written by William Ivory for the BBC. It was produced by Company Pictures, shot in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Premise

Maurice Riley (Head) and Syd Woolsey (Clarke), are old friends who return from the good life on the Costa del Crime to a quiet Devon fishing village. They plan to eke out their retirement fishing and availing themselves of the NHS. However, the quiet life is not for them. As their ill-gotten gains run short, they find themselves drawn back into a life of crime with the son of their former partner Hedley Huthwaite (Lennox Kelly) - only crime has moved on and they've got new things to learn. Maurice's wife Barbara (Agutter) is aware of her husband's penchant for cracking open the odd safe or two but their daughter, Grace (Emily Head), has no idea how her dad made his money. [citeweb|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/invisibles|title=The Invisibles|publisher=BBC One|accessdate=2008-04-26]

Cast

*Warren Clarke as Syd Woolsey
*Anthony Head as Maurice Riley
*Dean Lennox Kelly as Hedley Huthwaite
*Jenny Agutter as Barbara Riley
*Emily Head as Grace Riley
*Paul Barber as Young Nick
*Mina Anwar as Helen Huthwaite
*Darren Tighe as Joe Woolsey

Production

The series was filmed in the Northern Ireland village of Portaferry, County Down which was considered a good look alike for a Devon village without being so crowded.fact|date= May 2008 A second series is already planned.fact|date=May 2008

It was originally commissioned under the title "Desperados" [cite news|first=James|last=Welsh|title=Clarke and Head to star in 'Desperados'|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a79968/clarke-and-head-to-star-in-desperados.html|work= Digital Spy|date= 2007-11-16|accessdate= 2008-05-02] but was changed to "The Invisibles" to match the name used by Head and Clarke's characters, and in reference to how people become "invisible" in society as they get older. [cite video|people= Clarke, Warren|date2= 2008-04-29|title= The Paul O'Grady Show|medium=Television production|publisher= Olga TV|location= London, United Kingdom]

DVD

It was released on DVD 14th July 2008.

Episodes

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/invisibles "The Invisibles"] at bbc.co.uk
*imdb title|id=1215315|title=The Invisibles
* [http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/tv/invisibles/ British Comedy Guide]