Mettle (9 Mar. 2001)

Tim and Mike create a robot for Robot Wars and are on their way to the quarter finals. Their rival team, a couple of fellow soldiers of Mike's in the Territorial Army, sabotage Tim and ... See full summary »

Director:

Edgar Wright

Writers:

Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes

Stars:

Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes, Julia Deakin

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Simon Pegg	...	Tim Bisley
Jessica Hynes	...	Daisy Steiner (as Jessica Stevenson)
Julia Deakin	...	Marsha Klein
Nick Frost	...	Mike Watt
Mark Heap	...	Brian Topp
Daniel Ainsleigh	...	Billy
Kevin Cecil	...	Harris
Paul Mark Elliott	...	Marty Berghaus
Gemma Padley	...	Francesca
Clive Russell	...	Damien Knox
Jonathan Ryland	...	Cromwell
Tim Sampson	...	Chief
Joanna Scanlan	...	Tina
Reece Shearsmith	...	Dexter

Storyline

Tim and Mike create a robot for Robot Wars and are on their way to the quarter finals. Their rival team, a couple of fellow soldiers of Mike's in the Territorial Army, sabotage Tim and Mike's robot. Brian gets invited to do an installation at a local art gallery, and ends up knocking himself out and becoming a figure in his art display. Mike and Tim exact their revenge on their rivals by rebuilding and improving their robot.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 March 2001 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Roundwood Park, Willesden, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

24 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Private Iron" (itself a pun on 'Private Ryan') has the following boot script at the start of the show. COMMAND.COM LOAD BIOS AXE ON/AXE OFF FRIED GOLD 75% (an in joke) ORAC: SET (From portable computer from Blakes 7) ZEN: CHECK (The ships computer from Blakes 7) 7 ZARK 7: ON (The robot from Battle of the Planets) TO ROM I.O. CONTROLLER.FAT COMSPEC.EXE BERTHA.DAT (References to two children's television programmes - Bertha and _"Thomas the Tank Engine" (1984)_) LOG CROSSOVER CHOCKABLOCK - ACTIV (From the children's television series Chockablock) PARITY SET MEMORY SET SYSTEM STATUS OK.

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Quotes

Tim Bisley: I think we should lose the axe...
Mike Watt: I like the axe.
Tim Bisley: I like my face!
Mike Watt: I like your face...
Tim Bisley: ...Let's keep the axe.

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Connections

References Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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Soundtracks

"Incidental Backcloth"
Performed by Keith Mansfield

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