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6.5/10 TV Original language(s) English First episode date 14 March 1994 Number of episodes 12 Networks BBC, BBC One | 8.1/10 IMDb Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 2 Final episode date 30 August 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring David ThrelfallJohn Simm Cast John Simm, David Threlfall, Daniel Peacock, Stephen Moore Similar The Lakes, Sex Traffic, Crime and Punishment, Code of a Killer, Paradise Postponed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Men of the World was a 1990s BBC1 situation comedy which starred David Threlfall and John Simm.
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Production details
Written by Daniel Peacock — who also appeared as the character Gilby Watson. — Men of the World was directed by Terry Kinane and produced for Alomo Productions by Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran and Claire Hinson. Marks and Gran are successful sitcom writers in their own right.
Neither series has ever been repeated on UK terrestrial television, though was shown on Carlton Select sometime in the late nineties. However, it has not had a DVD release and appears to have largely been forgotten.
Plot
Lenny Smart and Kendle Bains are flatmates and work together as travel agents in Manchester. Thirtysomething Lenny attempts, with the help of old friend Gilby, to turn sensitive 23-year-old Kendle into a "real man". In one episode, Kendle receives a telescope for a birthday present and subsequently ends up looking into all the windows opposite, Gilby, Becky and her friends end up fighting over what to look at.