Green Green Grass
| The Green Green Grass | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | John Sullivan |
| Written by | John Sullivan (Full list) |
| Directed by |
Tony Dow Dewi Humphreys |
| Starring |
John Challis Sue Holderness Jack Doolan David Ross Ivan Kaye Peter Heppelthwaite Ella Kenion |
| Opening theme | "The Green Green Grass" |
| Composer(s) | Graham Jarvis |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 32 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Tim Hancock (2005–07) John Sullivan (2007–09) |
| Producer(s) | Gareth Gwenlan Julian Meers |
| Location(s) | Oakham, Shropshire, England |
| Running time | 29x 30 minutes 1x 40 minutes 1x 45 minutes 1x 50 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Shazam Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Original release | 9 September 2005 – 5 March 2009 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003) |
| Followed by | Rock & Chips (2010–2011) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Green Green Grass is a BBC television sitcom, created and initially written by John Sullivan, produced by Shazam Productions for the BBC. It is a sequel/spin-off of the long running sitcom Only Fools and Horses and stars John Challis, Sue Holderness and Jack Doolan. Four series and three Christmas specials were originally broadcast on BBC One between 2005 and 2009.
The series follows three of the main characters from Only Fools and Horses; Boycie (John Challis), his wife Marlene (Sue Holderness) and their teenage son Tyler. In the first episode, they are forced to move from Peckham to escape the Driscoll brothers. They decide to set up home on a farm in rural Shropshire.
Boycie (played by John Challis) is forced to flee Peckham after providing crucial evidence against the infamous Driscoll brothers regarding illegal immigrants. He is the lead witness in the case and finds himself in trouble when every single other witness changes their statement and the Driscoll brothers walk free. In an attempt to live to old age, Boycie and his wife, Marlene (Sue Holderness) and son Tyler (Jack Doolan) move overnight to the secluded town of Oakam, Shropshire. Upon arrival at Winterdown Farm, Boycie begins to realise that death was perhaps the easier option. The situation focuses primarily on their futile attempts to run the farm efficiently through utilising the current staff consisting of Elgin (David Ross), Bryan (Ivan Kaye), Jed (Peter Heppelthwaite) and Imelda (Ella Kenion) – the farm’s loyal, if a little eccentric staff. As the series progressed, Boycie and Marlene began to settle into their surroundings however, situations arose occasionally – usually involving their Welsh neighbour, Llewellyn. Tyler was soon sent to school to finish his GCSEs, something he really didn’t want to do but again problems arose as Tyler fell in love with his English teacher.
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