Life of Riley (TV series)

Life of Riley
Life of Riley titles for Series 1
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Georgia Pritchett
Written by	Georgia Pritchett
Directed by	Martin Dennis
Starring	Caroline Quentin Neil Dudgeon
Opening theme	"The Life of Riley"
Composer(s)	Willie Dowling - Jackdaw 4
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	20 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Alan Tyler Rosemary MaGowan
Producer(s)	Catherine Bailey
Location(s)	Pacific Quay Studios, Glasgow, Scotland and 75/73 park avenue south
Cinematography	John Record
Editor(s)	Fergus MacKinnon
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Catherine Bailey Productions Limited BBC Scotland
Distributor	Outright Distribution Ltd.
Release
Original network	BBC One/BBC HD
Picture format	16:9 (HDTV)
Original release	8 January 2009 – 1 June 2011

Life of Riley is a British comedy television series, shown on BBC One and BBC HD. The show stars Caroline Quentin and Neil Dudgeon, who are recently married, and is set around their dysfunctional family. The show also features the couple's four children, Danny (Taylor Fawcett), Katy (Lucinda Dryzek), Ted (Patrick Nolan), and Rosie (Ava and Neve Lamb). After three series it was confirmed that the show had been cancelled.

The first episode aired on 8 January 2009, and was shown on Thursdays at 8:00pm on BBC One. Each episode of Life of Riley also aired in high-definition on BBC HD. Series 2 was shown on Wednesdays at 7:30pm from 17 March 2010. Series 3 was shown on Wednesdays at 8:30pm from 13 April 2011.

The six episode series was commissioned by Lucy Lumsden, BBC Controller, Comedy Commissioning. The show is produced by Catherine Bailey Productions Limited for BBC Scotland, and is distributed by Outright Distribution Ltd. The show is written by Georgia Pritchett, and it is filmed at Pacific Quay Studios in Glasgow, Scotland and on location (for example at Joppa, North-East of Edinburgh). Also briefly filmed on 75 Park Avenue South.

The theme music is a cover version of The Lightning Seeds' song, "The Life of Riley".

Jim (Dudgeon) and Maddy Riley are newly-weds, Jim has two children from a previous relationship, teenagers Katy and Danny, whilst Maddy also has a child of her own—primary schooler Ted from her previous marriage—and baby Rosie with Jim. Jim and Maddy also try to compete with their next-door neighbours, the Weavers; this basic plot is in most episodes and usually makes the Rileys look like The Addams Family. As well as the Riley family, the Weavers also play principal characters in the sitcom.