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comedy series starring

Hugh Bonneville Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams (born 10 November 1963) is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, in the ITV historical drama series '' Downton Abbey''. His performance on the show earned him a n ...

and

Elizabeth McGovern Elizabeth Lee McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American actress and musician. She has received many awards, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, three Golden Globe Award nominations, and one Academy Award nomination. Born in Evanston, Ill ...

about an otherwise successful couple in their forties who find themselves out of work.

Synopsis

Matt (Bonneville) is a publisher who has recently lost his job and Elizabeth (McGovern) is an Oscar-nominated American actress who is having a hard time getting work since moving to live with Matt in London. ''Freezing'' was originally a one-off comedy as part of

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's Tight Spot season in February 2007, which then became the first episode of the series when it aired on

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in February 2008. ''Freezing'' is written by James Wood and directed by Simon Curtis.

Cast

as Matt *

as Elizabeth *

Tom Hollander Thomas Anthony Hollander (; born 25 August 1967) is an English actor. As a child Hollander trained with the National Youth Theatre and was later involved in stage productions as a member of the Footlights and was president of the Marlowe Soc ...

as Leon Blakely *

Ben Miles Benjamin Charles Miles (born 29 September 1966) is an English actor, best known for his starring role as Patrick Maitland in the television comedy ''Coupling (UK TV series), Coupling'', from 2000 to 2004, as Montague Dartie in ''The Forsyte Saga ...

as Stephen Marshall *

Rebecca Gethings Rebecca Gethings is an English actress best known for her roles in film and television comedies such as ''The Thick of It'', '' Extras'', '' The Mimic'', '' David Brent: Life on the Road'' and ''Call the Midwife''. Early life Rebecca Gethings w ...

as Kim *

Tim McInnerny Tim McInnerny ( ; born 18 September 1956) is an English actor. He is known for his many roles on stage and television, including as Lord Percy Percy and Captain Darling in the 1980s British sitcom ''Blackadder''. Early life McInnerny was born ...

as Bamber Jones *

Ruth Wilson Ruth Wilson (born 13 January 1982) is an English actress. She is known for her performances as the eponymous protagonist in ''Jane Eyre'' (2006), as Alice Morgan in the BBC psychological crime drama '' Luther'' (2010–2013, 2019), as Alison ...

as Alison Fennel * Tom Riley as Dave Beethoven

Trivia

* Elizabeth McGovern is herself an Oscar-nominated actress who moved to London to live with her husband, Simon Curtis. * From 2010 to 2015, McGovern and Bonneville worked together again, co-starring in the successful period drama series ''

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'' as Robert and Cora Crawley, the Earl and Countess of Grantham.

References

External links

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British Comedy Guide
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