SAXONDALE S1/2: COMP

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• Release Year: 2009
• Genre: Comedy
• Plot: Tommy Saxondale (Steve Coogan) was once a roadie for all the greats; Purple, Floyd, Genesis. Back then youth culture meant counter-culture and refusing to conform to the suburban dream.; ; Now Tommy's a pest controller and living in suburbia, but he's still railing against the system. Only these days the system means blokes in suits who listen to Dido.; ; Following Tommy's hostile divorce, he met his soul mate in Magz (Ruth Jones), an amateur artist whose work evolves from selling t-shirts and posters of politicians smoking joints, to painting portraits of famous women in history and empowering them sexually by making them topless. Completing Tommy's surrogate family is his young lodger Raymond (Rasmus Hardiker), pest control trainee and uncomprehending disciple of Tommy's worldly wisdom.; ; Being self-educated, Tommy often feels that he's surrounded by idiots. Like when he has to visit Vicky (Morwenna Banks) who dispenses work contracts and gross insults. Vicky is just one of the many reasons why Tommy's anger management therapy sessions won't be ending any time soon.; ; Through it all, Tommy Saxondale is still the smartest and the dumbest guy in the room.
• Cast: Steve Coogan, Ruth Jones, Rasmus Hardiker, Morwenna Banks, James Bachman, Darren Boyd, Matt Lipsey, Neil Maclennan, Ted Dowd
• Director: Matt Lipsey
• Runtime: 6:11
• Company: BBC Home Video, Baby Cow Productions, 2 Entertain
• Media Format: series