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Genre Sitcom Country of origin United Kingdom Final episode date 11 April 2004 Networks ITV, STV, UTV | 7.2/10 IMDb 7.1/10 TV Created by Simon Nye No. of series 2 Theme song A Taste of Honey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Martin Freeman
Peter Serafinowicz
Ken Morley
Ryan Cartwright
Susan Earl
Ella Kenion Opening theme A Taste of Honey by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass Cast Martin Freeman, Peter Serafinowicz, Ken Morley, Ryan Cartwright, Ella Kenion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hardware s01e01 nice part 1 2
Hardware is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 2003 to 2004. Starring Martin Freeman, it was written and created by Simon Nye, the creator of Men Behaving Badly and directed by Ben Kellett.
Contents
- Hardware s01e01 nice part 1 2
- Cast
- Plot
- Series One 2003
- Series Two 2004
- Special guests
- DVD releases
- References
The show's opening theme was A Taste of Honey by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass.
Cast
Plot
Hardware is set in "Hamway's Hardware Store" in London, where main character Mike (Martin Freeman) works with Steve (Ryan Cartwright) and Kenny (Peter Serafinowicz) for shop owner Rex (Ken Morley). They relax at the next-door-but-one cafe, "Nice Day Cafe", where Mike's girlfriend Anne (Susan Earl) works with Julie (Ella Kenion). The series revolves around the store staff as they engage in a daily wisecrack battle with packs of DIY obsessed clients.
Series One (2003)
- "Nice" (23 March 2003)
- "Naked" (30 March 2003)
- "Bondage" (6 April 2003)
- "Finger" (13 April 2003)
- "Women" (20 April 2003)
- "Hutch" (27 April 2003)
Series Two (2004)
- "Bastard" (7 March 2004)
- "Big Foot" (14 March 2004)
- "Nude" (21 March 2004)
- "Loser" (28 March 2004)
- "Tony Two-Ways" (4 April 2004)
- "Celebrity" (11 April 2004)
Special guests
The show included such special guests as Doctor Who actor Peter Davison.
DVD releases
The first series of Hardware is available on DVD in Region 4 (Australia). The complete series of Hardware was released in February 2009 in the UK on Region 2 from Network DVD.