Spaced
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 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
- Spaced Out - official, fan-operated website
- Edgar Wright Q&A on the Spaced Out forum
- Spaced at the Internet Movie Database
- Spaced at the BFI's Screenonline
- Spaced - the potted history - from Blather.net