This ITV comedy series is set in the sleepy (fictional) town of Fogburrow and follows the staff of the local newspaper, The Fogburrow Advertiser.
Gordon Garden (Dave Spikey) is a former Fleet Street high-flyer who moves to the country to take over as editor after a career scandal. He is determined to find real investigative stories.
Lewis Donat (Johnny Vegas) is the lazy, long-standing acting editor who is resentful that Gordon got the job he believed should be his.
Despite their mutual animosity, the pair unearth a bizarre conspiracy involving a local biotech firm called GeneUs, whose activities are linked to strange local occurrences, such as tap water turning blue and a “beast” howling on the moors.
Michael Brandon was GeneUs boss Chuck Newman, and Keith Barron played Sandy Ball, the owner of the Advertiser
The show ran for only one series of six episodes and was often compared unfavourably to Phoenix Nights.
Gordon Garden
Dave Spikey Lewis Donat
Johnny Vegas Carol Sykes
Janice Connolly Duane Guffog
Iain McKee Chuck Newman
Michael Brandon Gerry Stringer
Alan Rothwell Paul King
Tim Healy Cliff the Clutch
Angus Barnett Red
Tony Pitts Blind Man/Jack
Paul Copley Mad Kenny
Richard Bremmer Sandy Ball
Keith Barron Damon
Gary Damer Donna Havercroft
Nicola Stephenson
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Lewis Donat (Johnny Vegas) is the lazy, long-standing acting editor who is resentful that Gordon got the job he believed should be his.
