''Orrible'' is a

British television Television broadcasts in the United Kingdom began in 1932, however, regular broadcasts would only begin four years later. Television began as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the first demonstration of a transm ...

sitcom produced by the

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. Broadcast in 2001, it was written by and starred

Johnny Vaughan Jonathan Randal Vaughan (born 16 July 1966) is an English television and radio presenter and a film critic. He was the main presenter of '' Capital Breakfast'' alongside Lisa Snowdon on 95.8 Capital FM between 2004 and 2011. Vaughan currently ...

. Vaughan stars as a cheeky chappy taxi-cab driver and wannabe small-time criminal in Acton (west

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). Despite the BBC being confident and heavily promoting the series, it was panned by critics for the script and Vaughan's acting ability. It achieved very low viewing figures and ran for one series, and has never been repeated by the BBC. "Ultimately, it was shit" said Vaughan in a 2004 interview in ''

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''. James Buckley made his acting debut playing Sean's son (and Paul's godson) in the sixth episode, ''Two Men and a Bastard''

Cast

– Paul Clark *

Ricky Grover Ricky Grover is an English actor and comedian. He is best known for his role in ''EastEnders'' as Andrew Cotton as well as voicing Yangus in the ''Dragon Quest'' series. Early life Grover was born in West Ham, Essex. His mother was a hairdre ...

– Sean *

Angel Coulby Angel Leonie Coulby (born 30 August 1980) is an English actress. She gained recognition for portraying the character Gwen (Guinevere) in the BBC fantasy series ''Merlin''. Early life Coulby was born and grew up in Finsbury Park, London, and is ...

– Shiv Clark *

Di Botcher Diane F. Botcher (born 2 June 1959) is a Welsh actress. She has starred in several British television sitcoms and dramas, including the Sky comedy drama '' Stella'', BBC comedies '' Little Britain'' and '' Tittybangbang'' and the ITV period dra ...

– Di Clark *

Lee Oakes Lee Oakes (born 1976) is an English retired actor best known for his role as Munch Wilkinson in ''Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps'' (2003-2008) and as Kev in '' After You've Gone'' (2007-2008). Other credits include the films ''Drago ...

– Lee *

William Boyde William Boyde (born March 1950) is a British actor, best known for his work on the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' (1986–1989, 1992, 2017). He was educated at Cheltenham College where he appeared as an extra in the film If...which was fi ...

– Tim * Clint Dyer – Noel

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