''Mount Pleasant'' is a British

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

which first aired on Sky 1 on 24 August 2011. The show moved to

Sky Living Sky Living was a British pay television channel owned and operated by Sky. The channel's programming was aimed mainly at women and young adults. It originally launched as UK Living in 1993 and closed 25 years later, being replaced by Sky Witnes ...

in 2012, before moving back to Sky 1 in 2015. The show ended in a 90 minute special on 30 June 2017.

Premise

Set in

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...

, 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 A dead end, also known as a cul-de-sac (, from French for 'bag-bottom'), no through road or no exit road, is a street with only one inlet or outlet. The term "dead end" is understood in all varieties of English, but the official terminology ...

Lisa lives in, her workplace, local pub The Dog and Dart, and more.

Cast and characters

* Sally Lindsay as Lisa Johnson * Daniel Ryan as Dan Johnson * Bobby Ball as Barry Harris *

Pauline Collins Pauline Collins (born 3 September 1940) is a British actress who first came to prominence portraying Sarah Moffat in '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1971–1973) and its spin-off, '' Thomas & Sarah'' (1979). In 1992, she published her autobiography, ...

as Sue Harris (Series 1–2) *

Paula Wilcox Paula Wilcox (born 13 December 1949) is an English actress. With a career spanning over 50 years, she is best known for her role as Chrissy in the popular ITV sitcom ''Man About The House'' from 1973 to 1976. She has also had roles in TV shows ...

as Pauline Johnson * Adrian Bower as Greg Porter *

Angela Griffin Angela Mellissa Griffin (born 19 July 1976) is a British actress and television presenter who has been active on British television since the early 1990s. She is best known for portraying the roles of Fiona Middleton in the ITV soap opera '' ...

as Shelley Porter (Series 1–2) * Neil Fitzmaurice as Fergus Smythe * Ainsley Howard as Denise Bradwell *

Sue Vincent Sue Vincent is a British actress and writer. Career Vincent spent three years training in acting and musical theatre from 1991 to 1994 before first appearing on stage in 1996. Her first television role was as Anne Bevitt in ''Casualty''. Sinc ...

as Margaret Harris *

Ted Robbins Edward Michael Robbins (born 11 August 1955) is an English comic, actor, television presenter and radio broadcaster. He has performed as a warm-up artist for numerous pre-recorded comedy shows that have been filmed before live studio audiences i ...

as Terry Harris * Kris Sleater as Lloyd (Series 1) * Jill Halfpenny as Emma (Series 1) * Siân Reeves as Bianca (Series 1–4) *

Liza Tarbuck Liza Tarbuck ( ; born 21 November 1964) is an English actress, comedian, and television and radio presenter. Early life Liza Tarbuck was born in Liverpool. She is the daughter of comedian Jimmy Tarbuck and his wife Pauline, with an older siste ...

as Kate (Series 1–2) *

Owen McDonnell Owen McDonnell (born 1974) is an Irish actor best known for playing Garda Sergeant Jack Driscoll in RTÉ Television's '' Single-Handed'' and Niko Polastri in BBC's '' Killing Eve''. Early life McDonnell was born in Galway in Ireland. He atte ...

as Jack (Series 1–2) *

Diane Morgan Diane Morgan (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress, comedian, television presenter, and writer. She is best known for playing Philomena Cunk on Charlie Brooker's '' Weekly Wipe'' and in other mockumentaries, as Liz in the BBC Two sitcom ' ...

as Talia (Series 1–2) * Alexander Kirk as Jim (Series 1–2) * Cordelia Bugeja (Series 1-2) as Jane, Jo Joyner recast as Jayne (Series 6) *

Claire Goose Claire Goose (born 10 February 1975) is a British actress. She played Tina Seabrook, a nurse in BBC One's ''Casualty'', DS Mel Silver in '' Waking the Dead'', and Sergeant (later Inspector) Rachel Weston in ITV's ''The Bill''. She also narrat ...

as Kim (Series 2) * Robson Green as Chris (Series 2) * David Bradley as Charlie Johnson (Series 2–4) * George Sampson as Gary (Series 2–4) * James Dreyfus as Roger Jones (Series 2-6) * Sophia Di Martino as Amber (Series 3) *

Samantha Womack Samantha Zoe Womack (''née'' Janus; born 2 November 1972) is an English actress, singer, model and director who has worked in film, television and stage. Womack initially planned a career in singing and she represented the United Kingdom i ...

as Tanya Porter (Series 3-6) *

Nigel Harman Nigel Derek Harman (born 11 August 1973) is an English actor, best known for his role as Dennis Rickman in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders''. He has worked mostly in theatre. He starred in the final series of '' Hotel Baby ...

as Bradley Dawson (Series 3-6) * Nicola Millbank as Ella Dawson (Series 3-6) *

Daniel Ings Daniel Ings (born 1985) is an actor from England. He starred as Luke Curran in the Channel 4/Netflix comedy series '' Lovesick''. Early life Ings attended Dauntsey's School in Wiltshire, followed by Lancaster University where he studied theatre ...

as Robbie Johnson (Series 4) * Nicola Hughes as Jenna Miller (Series 5-6) * Patrick Robinson as Cameron Miller (Series 5-6) * Ellen Thomas as Nana Miller (Series 5-6) * Asan N'Jie as Finn Miller (Series 5-6) * Zita Sattar as Amita (Series 5) *

Clive Mantle Clive Andrew Mantle (born 3 June 1957) is an English actor. He played general surgeon Mike Barratt in the BBC hospital drama series ''Casualty'' and ''Holby City'' in the 1990s, and Little John in the 1980s fantasy series ''Robin of Sherwood'' ...

as Trevor (Series 5) * Jordan Dawes as Ollie Oliver (Series 6) * James Lance as Adam Wyatt (Series 6) * Emily May Townsend as Emily (Series 6) * Joey Batey as Gopher

Episodes

Production

The series is produced by

Tiger Aspect Productions Tiger Aspect Productions (formerly known as Tiger Television from 1988 until 1993 and also known as Tiger Aspect Films for theatrical films) is a British television and film production company, particularly noted for its situation comedies. Fo ...

for Sky1. The series is filmed in Hale, Trafford, Chorlton,

, 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. The complete second series of Mount Pleasant was released on DVD on 21 October 2013.

References

External links

* * * {{Sky1 2011 British television series debuts 2017 British television series endings British comedy television shows English-language television shows Sky UK original programming Television series by Banijay Television series by Tiger Aspect Productions