''Lunch Monkeys'' is a British

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, first shown on

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in 2008.

Overview

''Lunch Monkeys'' by David Isaac is a BBC Three comedy series, produced by Channel X North, set in the administration department of fictional personal injury law firm Fox Cranford. The stories focus on the support staffers who work in the postroom of a Mancunian firm of solicitors. The postroom workers tend to be immature, lazy, disorganised, and unproductive, including their supervisor—the firm's office manager—all of whom constantly frustrate the efforts of the firm's managing partner. The series is made by Manchester indie Channel K and series 2 went into production in April 2010. The BBC Press Office announced the return of the six-episode new series on 3 February 2011. On 27 May 2011 it was revealed by BBC Three's Controller Zai Bennett, that the show had been axed along with fellow BBC Three Comedies

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and

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. He explained that "They were good to the channel, but have had their time,".

Episode list

Pilot (2008)

# "Admin"

Series 1 (2009)

# "Spacepants": Introduction of Shelley the new girl. Kenny is trying to ask Tania out, but only succeeds in getting sidetracked into finding spacepants. # "Dog Boy Darrel": Hypnotism is used to make Darrel bark on command. # "Ice Pops": Asif and Shelley sell ice-pops in the office, Asif tries to impress Lee Ann. # "Fire": Darrel becomes fire marshal but annoys everyone in the office. # "Temp": Darrel and the temp get engaged after one date, however, she isn't all she seems. # "Ghost": Kenny convinces Asif there is a ghost in the office.

Series 2 (2011)

# "Super-Visor": Tania has her first appraisal, Asif scores a legal victory. # "Monkey Love": Darrel has a crush on Mike's daughter, Shelley organises a client presentation. # "Smoke and Mirrors": Shelley wakes up in the office with a hangover, while rumours fly about Kenny and Tania's sex life # "Dream a Little Dream": Tania has planned a motivational exercise involving hats and five-year life plans. # "Who's the daddy?" : Darrel's dad Pat turns up doing odd jobs at Fox Cranford, while Kenny is stressed because everyone thinks he's boring. # "Big trouble in little Cranford" : They all make a party for Mike as they think he is depressed.

Main cast

Nigel Havers Nigel Allan Havers (born 6 November 1951) is an English actor and presenter. His film roles include Lord Andrew Lindsay in the 1981 British film ''Chariots of Fire'', which earned him a BAFTA nomination; as Dr. Rawlins in the 1987 Steven Spielb ...

as Mike Cranford *

Siân Reeves Siân Reeves is an English actress, known for her roles as Sydney Henshall in the BBC drama '' Cutting It'', Sally Spode in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' and Charlie Wood in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Life and career Reeves ...

as Gloria Stevens *Chris Hannon as Darrel Wadsworth * Abdullah Afzal as Asif Khan *Rachel Rae as Shelley Benson * Jessica Hall as Tania MacGuire *Christian Foster as Kenny Graham * Steve John Shepherd as Charlie Brierson *

Camilla Beeput Camilla Marie Beeput (born 9 September 1981) is an English stage, television and film actress and singer. Winner of the Next Generation, Voice of a Woman Award (2015), Beeput was first discovered on ''Fame Academy'' in 2002 and has gone on to r ...

as Lee Ann Brown *Michael Taylor as Swanney *

Kulvinder Ghir Kulvinder Ghir is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known as one of the cast members in the sketch show '' Goodness Gracious Me'' (1998–2015). He is also known for playing Aslam in the Yorkshire-based film '' Rita, Sue and Bob ...

as Mohammed Khan

International broadcast

In Australia, season one aired on

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each Monday at 9pm from 28 June 2010.

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, id=1477819, title=Lunch Monkeys
Lunch Monkeys

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