"The Green Green Grass" (2005) TV series 2005-????

Creator:

John Sullivan

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

9 September 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Shifty car salesman Boycie and his wife Marlene leave their council estate in Peckham, London to start a new life in a rambling farmhouse in Shropshire.

Plot Keywords:

Farmer | Spin Off | Farm | Husband Wife Relationship

Cast

John Challis	...	Boycie (32 episodes, 2005-2009)
Sue Holderness	...	Marlene (32 episodes, 2005-2009)
David Ross	...	Elgin (31 episodes, 2005-2009)
Jack Doolan	...	Tyler (30 episodes, 2005-2009)
Ivan Kaye	...	Bryan (30 episodes, 2005-2009)
Ella Kenion	...	Mrs. Cakeworthy (30 episodes, 2005-2009)
Peter Heppelthwaite	...	Jed (30 episodes, 2005-2009)
Alan David	...	Llewellyn (16 episodes, 2005-2009)
Lisa Diveney	...	Beth (15 episodes, 2005-2007)
Nigel Harrison	...	Ray (13 episodes, 2006-2009)

Runtime:

30 min (20 episodes) | 40 min (1 episode) | 45 min (1 episode) | 50 min (1 episode)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:PG (15 episodes)

Filming Locations:

Shropshire, England, UK

Company:

Shazam Productions

Trivia:

The outdoor scenes of the farm house and surrounding fields are filmed at the real-life home of John Challis.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Comedy Connections: To the Manor Born (#4.5)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

The Green Green Grass

Absolutely pitiful

I haven't felt so ashamed to be English since last Wednesday when Northern Ireland beat us at football. This show is AWFUL. I thought it would be bad but even my very worst expectations were surpassed, and then some. John Sullivan wrote the utterly brilliant Only Fools & Horses which - for more than 2 decades - was Britain's best loved sitcom and then he comes up with this trash. Boycie & Marlene, 2 of the characters from OF&H leave Peckham for a new life in the country and to avoid the infamous Driscoll brothers. Boycie's evidence "sent them down" but now they're out on a technicality and looking for revenge, apparently. I only hope they find the Boyce family, AND SOON. John Challis & Sue Holderness were both hilarious in the fabulous show which made them famous but this pathetic drivel doesn't even get off the starting blocks. They both seem to be struggling to remember their Boycie & Marlene characters and their son "Tyler" is played by a young actor who has about as much charisma as a whelk, and he looks like one too. There's no "soul" to this horrible show and it simply isn't funny. The only time I've even "smiled" so far has been when Boycie makes references to his mates the Trotters and that by the way is incredibly cheap of Mr Sullivan. Only Fools & Horses was SO successful because the audience didn't just care about Del & Rodney & Uncle Albert, we LOVED them and you just can't have Boycie & Marleen WITHOUT "the trotters" and their Reliant 3-wheeler. I'm prepared to bet anyone out there £100 that this show does not complete it's first series and then vanishes without trace. It should never have been made. 1 out of 10.