Teenage Kicks (TV series)
| Teenage Kicks | |
|---|---|
| Created by |
Adrian Edmondson Nigel Smith |
| Starring |
Adrian Edmondson Ed Coleman Laura Aikman Jonathon Chan-Pensley Mark Arden |
| Theme music composer | John O'Neill |
| Opening theme | "Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones |
| Composer(s) | Simon Brint (incidental) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Joan Schneider |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV, STV, UTV |
| Original release | 28 March – 16 May 2008 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Teenage Kicks is a British sitcom starring Adrian Edmondson, Ed Coleman and Laura Aikman, filmed at Teddington Studios. Originally as a radio show for BBC Radio 2 in 2007, it was turned into a TV series by Phil McIntyre Productions for ITV. The show ran for 8 episodes beginning 28 March 2008 although the show was not recommissioned for any further series.
The opening theme tune is "Teenage Kicks" by the band The Undertones.
Vernon Heath (Edmondson) is a 49-year-old former front man for a punk rock band called "The Plague". After living off his wife for the last two decades and spending most of his time in the pub, the two are getting a divorce, and Vernon is forced to move into a student flat in Kilburn, London, occupied by his children Max (Ed Coleman) and Milly (Laura Aikman), as well as their flatmate David (Jonathan Chan-Pensley). Vernon believes that moving in with them will rekindle his old world. However, Max, Milly and David are disgusted by him, and his best friend and former Plague member Bryan (Mark Arden) appears to have "sold-out", now working as a deputy head teacher of a primary school and happily married.
The original radio series was broadcast on BBC Radio 2, recorded in The Drill Hall in late 2006. Originally a pilot was to be made for BBC Two. However, ITV took control of the project and commissioned eight episodes.Paul Jackson, ITVs director of entertainment and comedy said, "From the moment I arrived in this job I have made it my mission to bring quality sitcom back to ITV, this project absolutely does that and I'm very excited about having Ade back on our screens."
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