Mark Corrigan (David Mitchell) and Jeremy Usborne (Robert Webb) are friends from university who ended up sharing a flat together.
Mark is the more civilised of the duo as he works (for JLB Credit) and pays rent. Jez is a slacker, a lazy drug addict with dreams of being a musician.
In reality, he just tinkers with his friend Super Hans (Matt King), constantly changing the name of their “band”, which at various times is called The Hair Blair Bunch, Spunk Bubble, Momma’s Kumquat, Coming Up For Blair, Curse These Metal Hands, Danny Dyer’s Chocolate Homunculus, 13 Bastards and Various Artists (“to fuck over people with iPods”)
Mark and Jez – the self-styled “El Dude Brothers” – annoy each other somewhat, but are good friends and generally get along.
Filmed from a first-person perspective, the series shows all the action from the characters’ points of view. We also hear the thoughts and “inner dialogue” of the main characters.
Although the series ran for 12 years, it was never a major ratings hit for Channel 4.
Mark Corrigan
David Mitchell Jeremy “Jez” Usborne
Robert Webb Super Hans
Matt King Sophie Chapman
Olivia Colman Jeff Heaney
Neil Fitzmaurice Dobby
Isy Suttie Alan Johnson
Paterson Joseph
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