Men Behaving Badly
Men Behaving Badly is a British sitcom that was created and written by Simon Nye. It follows the lives of Gary Strang (Martin Clunes) and his flatmates Dermot Povey (Harry Enfield; series 1 only) and Tony Smart (Neil Morrissey; series 2 onwards). It was first broadcast on ITV in 1992. A total of six series were made, along with a Christmas special and a trilogy of episodes that make up the feature-length "last orders".
| Men Behaving Badly | |
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Series logo, which appears before the closing credits rolled. Gary and Tony dance badly in the background. | |
| Created by | Simon Nye |
| Written by | Simon Nye |
| Directed by | Martin Dennis |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 42 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Beryl Vertue |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Hartswood Films in association with Thames |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 18 February – 13 October 1992 |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 1 July 1994 – 28 December 1998 |
| Related | |
| Men Behaving Badly (US remake) | |
The series was filmed in and around Ealing in West London. The setting, however, is implied to be South London, and many references are made to Surrey. It was produced by Hartswood Films in association with Thames for the first two series on ITV. They also assisted with production of the third series onwards that aired on the BBC, after Thames had lost their regional ITV franchise for London at the end of 1992 to Carlton Television.
Men Behaving Badly became highly successful after being moved to a post-watershed slot on BBC1. It won the Comedy Awards' best ITV comedy and the first National Television Award for Situation Comedy.