6.8 /10 1 Votes
5.5/10 TV Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 15 Final episode date 17 December 2003 Program creator Andy Hamilton | 7.9/10 IMDb Created by Andy Hamilton No. of series 3 Running time 30 minutes Network BBC One | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Timothy West
Sheila Hancock
Series 1:
David Gillespie
Emma Pierson
Claire Skinner
Meera Syal
Stephen Tompkinson
Series 2:
Alun Armstrong
Adam Paul Harvey
Doon MacKichan
Kevin McNally
Sienna Miller Cast Sienna Miller, Timothy West, Sheila Hancock, Stephen Tompkinson, Alun Armstrong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bedtime was a British comedy-drama written and directed by Andy Hamilton and broadcast by the BBC. It ran for three series for a total of fifteen episodes between August 2001 and December 2003. The first two series had six episodes each and the third series had three episodes. All three series have been released on DVD.
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Plot
The story centers around the bedtime conversations of couples – or in one case a father and son – living in adjoining houses on a suburban London street. An older married couple, Andrew and Alice Oldfield (played by Timothy West and Sheila Hancock), appear in all three series. Their neighbours in the first series are a young couple (Claire Skinner and Stephen Tompkinson) with a new baby, and an aspiring actress (Emma Pierson) targeted by a reporter (Meera Syal) hoping to write an exposé on her boyfriend (David Gillespie). The Oldfields are worried about their daughter in America whose husband may be abusive.
In the second series, Andrew Oldfield is annoyed by the noise made by Kurdish men from a nearby hostel. His wife writes a letter to the local paper in support of the hostel, causing her to be ostracised by her friends. Andrew also becomes worried that he may have Alzheimer's. Meanwhile, one neighbour (Kevin McNally) is given an ultimatum by his girlfriend (Doon Mackichan), while on the other side, widower Neil Henshall (Alun Armstrong) tries to find out what's troubling his son Ralph (Adam Paul Harvey). Ralph is visited by his girlfriend (Sienna Miller) and the Oldfields receive a visit from an old friend (James Bolam). A burglary at the Oldfields' house casts suspicion on various parties.
The third series has three episodes titled "Christmas Eve", "Christmas Day" and "Boxing Day".