Plus One (TV series)
| Plus One | |
|---|---|
| Created by |
Tim Allsop Stewart Williams |
| Directed by | Sarah O'Gorman |
| Starring |
Daniel Mays Miranda Raison Nigel Harman Steve John Shepherd Ingrid Oliver Ruth Bradley Duncan James |
| Composer(s) | Mark Thomas |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Kudos |
| Cinematography | Ian Liggett |
| Editor(s) | Nick Ames |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Original release | 9 January – 6 February 2009 |
Plus One is a British sitcom written and created by Tim Allsop and Stewart Williams, originally broadcast in 2007 as part of Channel 4's Comedy Showcase, before a full series of five episode was commissioned and began transmitting on 9 January 2009. The programme was produced by production company Kudos and directed by Sarah O'Gorman. The programme centres itself around a "record producer" (of music compilation albums) Rob Black (Daniel Mays), whose girlfriend has dumped him to marry "Duncan from Blue". Rob's life is turned upside down when he is invited to the wedding and feels he must have a 'plus one' who will blow everyone away.
Rob is invited to the wedding of his ex-girlfriend, Linsey, to Duncan James, from Blue. In his attempt to get one up on his new nemesis, Rob decides to find Duncan’s first love, Jo, and ask her to the wedding as his ‘plus one’. However, he finds her in a coma, under the care of her mother who is hoping to raise money for her treatment by holding a fun run. In an attempt to impress Nicola Dare (Susie Amy) - his own first love - after having insulted her transgender brother, Rob decides to participate in the fun run himself. Doubting his ability to run 20 km, he plans to cut through the middle of the devised route. He turns up at the event with a cheque donating the greatest amount - most of which was put in from himself instead of sponsors - which earns him great popularity. However, while cutting through the middle of the route, he trips, hits his head on a log and is knocked unconscious. He wakes up with his shoes having been stolen by a tramp, and ends up getting kicked in the crotch by someone who assumes he is also homeless. A five-year-old girl catches him holding his groin in pain, and he proceeds to run to the end of the fun run, where the rest of the participants are awaiting his arrival to celebrate his generous donation. As he arrives, Duncan appears and provides a donation of £17,000, making him the largest donor instead of Rob. Already frustrated, the parents of the five-year-old girl appear and accuse him of masturbating in front of a young girl, and he is chased further.
T4 is featuring the buildup to Duncan and Linsey’s wedding in reality show One Love. Rob feels he needs to find an impressive girl to have on his arm if he’s to show his ex just what she has missed out on. Enter Rich - Rob's brother - and his girlfriend’s sister, Abby (Sophie Winkleman); a gorgeous West End star who always has to have what she wants. In an attempt to secure her as his plus one, Rob agrees to go to a 'bad taste' fancy dress party with Abby, dressed as a panda. Before the party, she paints his face to resemble a panda, but ends up getting the colours the wrong way round. A car crash on the way leads to a nasty case of whiplash and Rob offending two paramedics with his facepaint. The paramedics call Linsey, who arrives at the hospital along with T4’s Steve Jones, a million TV viewers and Duncan from Blue. Continuing to offend people with his accidentally racist facepaint, the episode ends with Duncan telling young children in the hospital how it's wrong to be racist and wondering why we all can't just get along.
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