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Spaced is a comedy series produced by Jessica Stevenson, [[Simon Pegg]] and [[Nick Frost]], friends of Ricky, Steve, and Karl. Spaced is about Simon's character Tim having to pose with Jessica's character, Daisy, as a couple in order to get a flat.
{{Infobox Television |
  | show_name = Spaced
  | image = [[Image:spaced.jpg|250px]]
  | caption = Artwork from DVD release.
  | genre =  Sitcom
  | runtime = 28 mins.
  | creator = [[Simon Pegg]] & Juliet Stevenson
  | writers = [[Simon Pegg]] & Juliet Stevenson
  | stars = [[Simon Pegg]], Juliet Stevenson, [[Nick Frost]]
  | country = UK
  | network = Channel 4
  | first_aired = 24 September 1999
  | last_aired = 13 April 2001
  | num_episodes = 14
  | imdb_id = [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187664/ IMDB Profile]
|}}
'''''Spaced''''' is a sitcom written by and starring [[Simon Pegg]] and Jessica Stevenson, and directed by [[Edgar Wright]].  


Tim's best friend is Mike (Nick Frost) who is a member of different outdoor organisations e.g. The Territorial Army. Although none of them make up for not being in the 'Real army'.
[[Ricky Gervais]] makes a cameo appearance in Series 2 Episode 5, ''Dissolution''.


==Synopsis==
Tim Bisley (Pegg) and Daisy Steiner (Stevenson) are two London twenty-somethings who meet by chance in a cafe while both are flat-hunting. Despite barely knowing each other, they conspire to pose as a young "professional" couple in order to meet the requisites of an advertisement for a relatively cheap flat in the distinctive building at 23 Meteor Street, which is owned by and also houses the landlady, Marsha Klein (Julia Deakin). Also living in the building is Brian Topp (Mark Heap), an eccentric conceptual artist who lives and works on his various pieces in the ground floor flat. Frequent visitors are Tim's best friend, Mike Watt [[Nick Frost]] and Daisy's best friend, Twist Morgan (Katy Carmichael).
Two series of seven episodes were broadcast in 1999 and 2001 on Channel 4.
==Ricky Gervais' Cameo==
[[Ricky Gervais]] made a cameo appearance in episode 5 of series 2, playing a variation of David Brent in a flashback scene, occurring before series 1. His character is too busy flirting with a colleague to note down the correct words for the newspaper advert to the apartment which Tim and Daisy moved into. Gervais' character is a minor character whose small action set into motion the whole two series, following a discussion in series 1 of Spaced, about how a minor character in ''Star Wars'' set the events of films 4,5 and 6 in motion by destroying a planet on the orders of Darth Vader.
[[Ricky Gervais]] made a cameo appearance in episode 5 of series 2, playing a variation of David Brent in a flashback scene, occurring before series 1. His character is too busy flirting with a colleague to note down the correct words for the newspaper advert to the apartment which Tim and Daisy moved into. Gervais' character is a minor character whose small action set into motion the whole two series, following a discussion in series 1 of Spaced, about how a minor character in ''Star Wars'' set the events of films 4,5 and 6 in motion by destroying a planet on the orders of Darth Vader.
==External links==
*[http://www.spaced-out.org.uk/ ''Spaced Out''] - official, fan-operated website
*[http://www.spaced-out.org.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=7146 Edgar Wright Q&A] on the ''Spaced Out'' forum
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187664/ Spaced at the Internet Movie Database]
*[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/966650/ Spaced at the BFI's Screenonline]
*[http://www.blather.net/shitegeist/2004/10/spaced.htm ''Spaced - the potted history''] - from Blather.net

Latest revision as of 19:51, 22 October 2007

Spaced

Artwork from DVD release.
Genre Sitcom
Running time 28 mins.
Creator(s) Simon Pegg & Juliet Stevenson
Writer(s) Simon Pegg & Juliet Stevenson
Starring Simon Pegg, Juliet Stevenson, Nick Frost
Country UK
Network Channel 4
Original runs 24 September 1999 – 13 April 2001
No. of episodes 14
IMDB Profile

Spaced is a sitcom written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and directed by Edgar Wright.

Ricky Gervais makes a cameo appearance in Series 2 Episode 5, Dissolution.

Synopsis

Tim Bisley (Pegg) and Daisy Steiner (Stevenson) are two London twenty-somethings who meet by chance in a cafe while both are flat-hunting. Despite barely knowing each other, they conspire to pose as a young "professional" couple in order to meet the requisites of an advertisement for a relatively cheap flat in the distinctive building at 23 Meteor Street, which is owned by and also houses the landlady, Marsha Klein (Julia Deakin). Also living in the building is Brian Topp (Mark Heap), an eccentric conceptual artist who lives and works on his various pieces in the ground floor flat. Frequent visitors are Tim's best friend, Mike Watt Nick Frost and Daisy's best friend, Twist Morgan (Katy Carmichael).

Two series of seven episodes were broadcast in 1999 and 2001 on Channel 4.

Ricky Gervais' Cameo

Ricky Gervais made a cameo appearance in episode 5 of series 2, playing a variation of David Brent in a flashback scene, occurring before series 1. His character is too busy flirting with a colleague to note down the correct words for the newspaper advert to the apartment which Tim and Daisy moved into. Gervais' character is a minor character whose small action set into motion the whole two series, following a discussion in series 1 of Spaced, about how a minor character in Star Wars set the events of films 4,5 and 6 in motion by destroying a planet on the orders of Darth Vader.

External links

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