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Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

No. of series
  
2

Genre
  
Sitcom

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Written by
  
Tom Edge

Original language(s)
  
English

First episode date
  
2 October 2014

Networks
  
Netflix, Channel 4

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Directed by
  
Elliot Hegarty Gordon Anderson

Starring
  
Johnny Flynn Antonia Thomas Daniel Ings

Cast
  
Antonia Thomas, Johnny Flynn, Daniel Ings, Hannah Britland, Joshua McGuire

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Lovesick (formerly known as Scrotal Recall) is a British sitcom created by Tom Edge which was first broadcast on Channel 4 in October 2014. A second series was released on Netflix globally on 17 November 2016. The show has been renewed for a third series.

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Plot

Dylan (Johnny Flynn) is diagnosed with chlamydia and must contact all of his previous sexual partners to inform them that he has the disease. Dylan's best friends are Luke (Daniel Ings), and Evie (Antonia Thomas), who for years has harboured a secret crush on Dylan but has now moved on and has become recently engaged. The majority of each episode of the show is told through a flashback, showing Dylan's encounters with a number of women.

Main

  • Johnny Flynn as Dylan, the protagonist of the series. He is a vaguely inept romantic who goes from one casual relationship to another, usually expecting more than there is to offer. He works in landscaping, as a garden designer.
  • Antonia Thomas as Evie, the best friend of Dylan. She is barbed, sarcastic and usually single. She appears to have underlying feelings for Dylan, although these are confused by the situation between them.
  • Daniel Ings as Luke, a friend and flatmate of Dylan. He is feckless, irresponsible and shallow. In series 2 we learn he works for an app developer.
  • Joshua McGuire as Angus, the henpecked friend of the group. (series 2, recurring series 1)
  • Hannah Britland as Abigail, the barmaid at Angus and Helen's wedding, and one of Dylan's former lovers. After he contacts her to inform her of his diagnosis they resume their casual relationship. (series 2, recurring series 1)
  • Richard Thomson as Mal, Evie's fiance. (series 2, recurring series 1)

    • Recurring

  • Riann Steele as Cleo, a short-term girlfriend of Luke's, who goes on to become his therapist.
  • Laura Aikman as Jo, Luke's ex-girlfriend whose break-up with him deeply affected him.
  • Klariza Clayton as Holly, a stripper who sleeps with Angus.
  • Jessica Ellerby as Jane, a short-term, sexually permissive former girlfriend of Dylan's three and a half years before his diagnosis.
  • Aimee Parkes as Helen, the domineering wife of Angus. She is abrupt and aggressive or as Luke describes her: 'absolutely fucking terrifying'.

    • Production

    The first series was made available on Netflix in the United States in April 2015 and was billed as a "Netflix Original". The show found enough success on the site that Netflix went on to commission a second series of 8 episodes, without Channel 4's involvement, which was made available globally on the streaming network in November 2016. The series is filmed in Glasgow. After its transfer from Channel 4 to Netflix, the show was renamed from Scrotal Recall to Lovesick. Antonia Thomas (Evie) noted that while the former name technically made sense, it completely mis-sold the tone of the show. Thomas admitted to being pleased with the name change, and noted that the second series would continue to follow the same format as the first, but would go into more depth.

    References

    Lovesick (TV series) Wikipedia
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