Mount Pleasant (TV series)

Mount Pleasant

Genre	Comedy-drama
Created by	Sarah Hooper
Written by	Sarah Hooper (2011–13) Mark Brotherhood (2012–) Amy Roberts (2014–) Loren McLaughlan (2014–)
Directed by	Dewi Humphreys (2011–13) Dominic Leclerc (2011) Dermot Boyd (2012–) Ian Barnes (2012–)
Starring	See Cast and characters
Composer(s)	Jonathan Whitehead
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	52 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Siobhan Rhodes (2011) Howard Ella (2012–13) Jane Wallbank (2013) Brett Wilson (2013) Serena Cullen (2014–)
Editor(s)	Chris Wadsworth (2011–12) Clive Barrett (2011) Jim Hampton (2013–)
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s)	Tiger Aspect Productions
Distributor	Endemol UK
Release
Original network	Sky 1 (2011, 2015–) Sky Living (2012–2014)
Picture format	16:9 (1080i HDTV)
Original release	24 August 2011 (2011-08-24) – present
External links
Official website

Mount Pleasant is a British comedy-drama which first aired on Sky 1 on 24 August 2011.^[1] The show moved to Sky Living in 2012, before moving back to Sky 1 in 2015.

Premise

The show is about the day-to-day life of the main character Lisa, her husband, her dad, as well as neighbours and colleagues. Each episode is an hour long (including adverts) and takes place in various locations, including the cul-de-sac Lisa lives in, her workplace, local pub The Dog and Dart, and more.

Cast and characters

Main

Sally Lindsay as Lisa Johnson
Daniel Ryan as Dan Johnson
Bobby Ball as Barry Harris
Paula Wilcox as Pauline Johnson
Adrian Bower as Greg Porter
Neil Fitzmaurice as Fergus Smythe
Ainsley Howard as Denise Bradwell
Sue Vincent as Margaret Harris
Ted Robbins as Terry Harris
James Dreyfus^[2] as Roger Jones (series 2–)
Samantha Womack as Tanya Porter (series 3–)
Nigel Harman as Bradley Dawson (series 3–)
Nicola Millbank as Ella Dawson (series 3–)
Nicola Hughes as Jenna Miller (series 5–)
Patrick Robinson as Cameron Miller (series 5–)
Ellen Thomas as Nana Miller (series 5–)
Asan N'Jie as Finn Miller (series 5–)
Jordan Dawes as Ollie Oliver (series 6–)
Jo Joyner as Jayne (series 6–)

Former

Kris Sleater as Lloyd (series 1)
Pauline Collins as Sue Harris (series 1–2)
Angela Griffin as Shelley Porter (series 1–2)
Liza Tarbuck as Kate (series 1–2)
Owen McDonnell as Jack (series 1–2)
Diane Morgan as Talia (series 1–2)
Alexander Kirk as Jim (series 1–2)
Claire Goose as Kim (series 2)
Robson Green as Chris (series 2)
Sophia Di Martino as Amber (series 3)
Siân Reeves as Bianca (series 1–4)
David Bradley^[2] as Charlie Johnson (series 2–4)
George Sampson as Gary (series 2–4)
Daniel Ings as Robbie Johnson (series 4)

Episodes

Main article: List of Mount Pleasant episodes

Series		Episodes	Originally aired
Series		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	1	8	24 August 2011 (2011-08-24)	12 October 2011 (2011-10-12)
	2	9	22 August 2012 (2012-08-22)	17 October 2012 (2012-10-17)
	Special		23 December 2012 (2012-12-23)
	3	8	11 September 2013 (2013-09-11)	30 October 2013 (2013-10-30)
	4	8	16 September 2014 (2014-09-16)	4 November 2014 (2014-11-04)
	5	8	11 September 2015 (2015-09-11)	30 October 2015 (2015-10-30)
	6	10	30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	1 November 2016 (2016-11-01)

Production

The series is produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for Sky1. The series is filmed in Hale, Trafford,^[3] Chorlton, Manchester, and at The Sharp Project studio in Newton Heath, Manchester. The first series was filmed throughout June 2011. As of 2016, the show has aired six series.

Home media release

The complete first series of Mount Pleasant was released on DVD on 3 September 2012.^[4]

The complete second series of Mount Pleasant was released on DVD on 21 October 2013.^[5]

References

↑ "Production starts on new Sky comedy drama Mount Pleasant". British Comedy Guide. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
1 2 "Mount Pleasant - Series 2 - Tiger Aspect". Tiger Aspect Productions. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
↑ "Former Coronation Street stars all smiles during filming of new comedy Mount Pleasant | Trafford News". menmedia.co.uk. 2011-03-21. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
↑ "Mount Pleasant - Series 1 [DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
↑ "Mount Pleasant - Season 2 [DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2014.

External links

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