Great Night Out
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| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Created by | Mark Bussell Justin Sbresni |
| Written by | Mark Bussell Justin Sbresni Steve Turner Jonathan Harvey |
| Directed by |
Elliot Hegarty Iain B MacDonald |
| Starring |
William Ash Lee Boardman Craig Parkinson Stephen Walters |
| Composer(s) | Vince Pope |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
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| Camera setup | Single camera |
| Running time | 44-46 minutes (60 minutes including commercials) |
| Production company(s) | Hat Trick Productions |
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| Original network | ITV, STV, UTV |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i HDTV) |
| Original release | 11 January – 15 February 2013 |
Great Night Out is an upbeat British comedy-drama based in , North-West England that aired on ITV in early 2013.
The series follows the misadventures of four former school friends and cheeky chappies Matthew 'Beggsy' Begg (William Ash), Paddy 'Hodge' Hodgkinson (Lee Boardman), Glyn Thwaite (Craig Parkinson), and Darren 'Daz' Taylor (Stephen Walters) who all live in . All four love football and are lifelong fans of . Hodge has been married for five years prior to the first episode, whilst Daz is in a long-term relationship. Glyn and Beggsy both get girlfriends as the series progresses. They frequent their local pub, the Admiral Nelson, where they often tease and banter with the landlord Warren Peterson (Ricky Tomlinson).
Actor Stephen Walters, who plays Daz in the series, described the show to the British comedy guide website saying: "Great Night Out is a positive and upbeat comedy drama series and audiences love that sort of escapism. People don't always want to sit though something dark and hard-hitting and depressing. There's a place for those sort of shows, but at a time when people are tightening their belts this series is all about warmth, friendship and pure escapism."
Paddy Hodgkinson, a.k.a. "Hodge", sees himself as the leader of the group, although his friends don't see him that way. He talks with the voice of authority on most subjects, even when his knowledge is lacking. He is very humorous and banters with Beggsy and landlord Warren a lot. Whilst he thinks of himself as the man of the house, his wife Kath usually overrules him.
Matthew Begg, a.k.a. Beggsy, often rubs Hodge up the wrong way and winds him up. Overall though he's a friendly man, happy being single with the odd one night stand. Divorced for a year, he still pines after his ex-wife Mandy who left him a year ago, running off to Australia to live with her new husband Wayne and taking their eleven-year-old daughter Kelly with her. At the beginning of the series he's the only one without a partner and he's in a bit of a relationship funk.
Glyn Thwaite is a lovable underdog. He's a sensitive man and a nice hard-working guy who's unfortunately always one sentence behind and forever playing catch-up. Glynn works for "Mad Tony" who is known for his hot-temper; in episode 6 he has to look after Tony's house, but the lads decide to have a party there when play Manchester United. He meets his high-school crush Julie played by Christine Bottomley, and yearns after her, but seems to embarrass himself every-time he attempts to talk to her, despite taking the advice of the others in the group. He eventually does win her heart and she becomes his girlfriend.
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