"Suburban Shootout" (2006) TV series

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Creators:

Roger Beckett
Laurence Bowen
Gary James Martin

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

27 April 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Every Town Has It's Dark Side

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Lucy Robinson	...	Pam Draper / ... (12 episodes, 2006-2007)
Emma Kennedy	...	Lillian Gordon-Moore (12 episodes, 2006-2007)
Anna Chancellor	...	Camilla Diamond (12 episodes, 2006-2007)
Felicity Montagu	...	Barbara Du Prez / ... (12 episodes, 2006-2007)
Rachael Blake	...	Hilary Davenport (11 episodes, 2006-2007)
Cathryn Bradshaw	...	Margaret Littlefair (11 episodes, 2006-2007)
Ralph Ineson	...	Jeremy Hazledine (11 episodes, 2006-2007)
Tom Hiddleston	...	Bill Hazledine / ... (11 episodes, 2006-2007)
Ruth Wilson	...	Jewel Diamond (11 episodes, 2006-2007)
Amelia Bullmore	...	Joyce Hazledine (10 episodes, 2006-2007)
Tom Ellis	...	P.C. Haines (8 episodes, 2006-2007)
Andrew Scarborough	...	Stuart / ... (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Nicholas Farrell	...	Raymond / ... (5 episodes, 2006-2007)

Runtime:

22 min (8 episodes)

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:12 | UK:15 | Germany:16 (some episodes) | Hungary:16 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Pinner, Middlesex, England, UK

Company:

Oxygen Media

Movie Connections:

Remade as "Suburban Shootout" (2008)

worth watching

"Stepford Wives" vs "Suburban Housewives" or perhaps an English "Twin Peaks" - you'd understand the connection if you REALLY watched "Twin Peaks". The acting is rich, the comedy black and the content adult. If you enjoy bloke comedy then you will recognize a few faces. It doesn't take long before you are well entrenched into the story line and you'll be thanking Oxygen for running two episodes back to back.

Overall theme: Joyce and her husband have moved into a small English city (it has a church, so it's a city) as he has accepted a position as chief constable. Two factions of housewives are contending for influence/control over Joyce and ultimately, her husband's influence over local law enforcement. Each gun toting faction uses a different method of influence, fear and intimidation vs conscience and moral duty.

The supporting characters (more a case of caricatures) are campy and carried out by actors and actresses with the same commitment to their role as Don Adam's "Maxwell Smart".

Highly recommended.