''Sold'' is a British

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produced by Touchpaper Television for ITV. The series stars

Kris Marshall Kristopher Marshall (born 1 April 1973) is an English actor. He has played Nick Harper in ''My Family'', Colin Frissell in the 2003 film ''Love Actually'', Gratiano in ''The Merchant of Venice'', and ''Murder City'' (2006–2008), and Dave in ...

and

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as Matt and Danny, employees of Colubrines

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. It is written by Steve Coombes and was broadcast between 15 November and 20 December 2007.

Characters

* Danny, played by

— An estate agent "with a heart ... who makes uyers' and sellers'dreams come true." * Matt, played by

— Danny's colleague, who seeks to exploit people for their money. * Mr. Colubrine, played by

Anthony Head Anthony Stewart Head (born 20 February 1954) is an English actor and singer. Primarily a performer in musical theatre, he rose to fame in the UK in the 1980s following his role in the Gold Blend couple television advertisements for Nescafé, ...

— The owner of the company. Head bases his performance on

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. * Mel, played by

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* Phoebe, played by Ella Smith * Jonty, played by Dan Johnston

Production

Filming began in the week beginning 25 June 2007 in and around

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. It is directed by Cilla Ware and distributed internationally by

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. Prior to the announcement of the series, it was referred to by RDF as "''Homeboys''". The set for the estate Agents was The Pub Studio in Battersea London.

Episodes

Reception

The programme opened with strong ratings, securing 4 million viewers for the first and second episodes. That number had halved by the final episode. Writing in ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

'', Gareth McLean called it "so atrocious in every possible way – from its dire script through cartoonish characters to music that will have you hankering for tinnitus".

References

External links

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