Rent Lead Balloon: Series 1 (2006)
3.9 of 5 from 11 ratings
2h 53min
- General info
- Available formats
- All series
- Synopsis:
Jack Dee is world-weary stand-up Rick Spleen in a magnificent comedy of embarrassment, frustration and disillusionment. Rick Spleen is a stand-up comedian and writer, whose career has not gone the way he planned. Hosting corporate events and appearing on second-rate daytime chat shows was not what he dreamed of as a young man. Worse still, he's stuck with a lousy stage name that he chose twenty years ago. Whether he is accused of putting on weight, suspected of being gay, or worried about accidentally poisoning another performer, Rick combines a mass of neuroses and petty grievances with a terrible propensity for lying. It is not a recipe for success. Along for the ride is his quick-talking American co-writer Marty, his unflappable partner Mel and his feckless daughter Sam. Rick also has to cope with Magda, the surly and depressive Eastern European daily help; Sam's boyfriend Ben (the lease-motivated human being on the planet) and local wholefood cafe owner Michael who appears to be completely unhinged. - Actors:
- Jack Dee, Raquel Cassidy, Sean Power, Anna Crilly, Miranda Hart, Tony Gardner, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Rasmus Hardiker, Steven Alvey, Matthew Crompton, Ewen MacIntosh, Vicki Pepperdine, James Cormack, Ian Ashpitel, Owen Brazendale, John Seaward, Ted Robbins, Amanda Hadingue, Darren Jordon, Omid Djalili
- Directors:
- Alex Hardcastle
- Producers:
- Alex Hardcastle
- Voiced By:
- Steve Jones
- Writers:
- Jack Dee, Pete Sinclair
- Studio:
- BBC
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Comedies, TV Sitcoms
