''Mandy'' is a British absurdist

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series, created, written and directed by Diane Morgan, who also stars as the title character Mandy Carter. After a pilot in 2019, the first series was broadcast in August 2020 on

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. A second series was commissioned by the

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in July 2021, which aired in January 2022. A third series was confirmed in May 2023 and aired in March 2024. A fourth series was confirmed to begin production in January 2025.

Production

Following a pilot episode that was filmed in February 2019 and released in July 2019, the BBC announced that ''Mandy'' had been commissioned for a full series in February 2020.

Filming

Filming took place across England with the primary locations being in

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and one of the home counties

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. Some scenes were filmed in one of the other home counties,

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. Specific locations in

include

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West (London sub region), West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the River Thames, Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has dive ...

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Leyton Leyton ( ) is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It borders Walthamstow to the north, Leytonstone to the east, and Stratford to the south, with Clapton, Hackney Wick and Homerton, across the Ri ...

and Hackney. In

: Berkhamsted,

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and

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. The pilot episode was filmed in Brentford (191 High Street). In the Broadsword to Donna Ball episode, the pub scene was filmed at The Palm Tree, Mile End and the funeral scene in the same episode was filmed at Heath Lane Cemetery. The funeral scene in the Christmas Special was filmed at St Michael's, Chenies. Chenies Manor doubled as Brampton Hall in the first episode of the second series. Scenes in the SpaceMandy and Fatberg episodes were filmed at the BRE Testing complex in

. The library scene in the Fatberg episode was filmed at the Haberdashers' Girls' School, however the leisure centre/pool scenes in the same episode was filmed at the Haberdashers' Boys' School. Scenes in the Get Mandy Carter episode of the third series was filmed at Gadebridge Park. In the Career Ladder episode, the church was St. Paul’s Church in Sarratt. In the Ballad of Mandy Carter episode, Hemel Hempstead Hospital doubled as Crumbs Biscuit Factory. The line dancing competition in the Susan Bloody Blower episode of the first series and the psychic show in the Humandy Statue episode of the third series, were filmed at the Boxmoor Playhouse. The first series was filmed in February 2020 and aired in mid August 2020. The second series was filmed in June 2021 and aired in early January 2022, with the 2021 Christmas special being released a month earlier in December 2021. The third series was filmed in October 2023 and aired in late March 2024. The fourth series began filming in January 2025 and concluded the following month.

Main cast

Episodes

Pilot (2019)

Series 1 (2020)

Series 2 (2021–2022)

Series 3 (2024)

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, 10692232 2019 British television series debuts 2010s British comedy television series 2020s British comedy television series BBC television sitcoms British English-language television shows