Men Behaving Badly
| Men Behaving Badly | |
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Series logo, which appears before the closing credits rolled. Gary and Tony dance badly in the background.
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| Created by | Simon Nye |
| Written by | Simon Nye |
| Directed by | Martin Dennis |
| Starring |
Martin Clunes (series 1–6) Neil Morrissey (series 2–6) Harry Enfield (series 1) Leslie Ash (series 1–6) Caroline Quentin (series 1–6) Ian Lindsay Valerie Minifie Dave Atkins (series 1–4) John Thomson (series 5–6) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 42 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Hartswood Films |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia |
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| Original network |
ITV (1992-1993) BBC1 (1994-1998) Channel 4 (2014) |
| Picture format |
4:3 (1992–1997) 16:9 (1998) |
| Original release | 18 February 1992 – 28 December 1998 17 October 2014 (Special) |
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| Related shows | Men Behaving Badly (US remake) |
Men Behaving Badly is a British sitcom that was created and written by Simon Nye. It follows the lives of Gary Strang (Martin Clunes) and his flatmates Dermot Povey (Harry Enfield; series 1 only) and Tony Smart (Neil Morrissey; series 2 onwards). It was first broadcast on ITV in 1992. A total of six series were made, along with a Christmas special and a trilogy of episodes that make up the feature length "last orders". In the last ever episode, Dorothy is pregnant with Gary's baby and gives birth in their flat.
The series was filmed in and around Ealing in west London and the final scene of series six was filmed at the Cerne Abbas giant. The setting, however, is implied to be south London and many references are made to Surrey.
It was produced by Hartswood Films, and Thames Television co-produced the first two series for ITV. They also assisted with production of the third series onwards that aired on the BBC, after Thames had lost their regional ITV franchise for London weekdays at the end of 1992 to Carlton Television.
Men Behaving Badly became highly successful after being moved to a post-watershed slot on BBC1. It has won the Comedy Awards' best ITV comedy, and the first National Television Award for Situation Comedy.
A BBC article suggests that Gary and Tony were "a reaction against the onset of the caring, sharing 'new man'. It appeared to revel in a politically incorrect world of booze, burps and boobs". Critics Jon Lewis and Penny Stempel have stated that the show "allowed male viewers to indulge in vicarious laddism, whilst allowing female viewers to ridicule the bad but lovable Tony and Gary". They further commented that "it was also a genuine sitcom in that the humour came from the characters and their context". Simon Nye remarked: "I don't do mad, plot-driven farragoes. You have to allow your characters time to talk."
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