Freezing (2007– )

Leon, an agent, moves in with an Oscar-nominated American actress and her British publisher husband, themselves working together from home for the first time.

Stars:

Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Tom Hollander

Cast

Series cast summary:
Hugh Bonneville	...	Matt (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
Elizabeth McGovern	...	Elizabeth (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
Tom Hollander	...	Leon Blakely (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
Ben Miles	...	Stephen Marshall (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
Rebecca Gethings	...	Kim (2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Tom Riley	...	Dave Beethoven (2 episodes, 2007-2008)

Storyline

Leon, an agent, moves in with an Oscar-nominated American actress and her British publisher husband, themselves working together from home for the first time.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Release Date:

February 2008 (UK)

Also Known As:

Fagypont

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (2 episodes)

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the last half hour as shown in the U.S. - episode 3 in Britain - Hugh Bonneville's character urges his actress wife (Elizabeth McGovern to audition for a small role in a new drama Julian Fellowes has written about "a big house". Three years later McGovern was starring in a "big house" show written by Fellowes ("Downton Abbey" 2010). And Bonneville plays her husband, Lord Crawley.

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Connections

Follows Freezing: Episode #1.1 (2007)

User Reviews

Brilliant and Endearing

Caught this on TV one night without expectation, and I loved it. I thought the writing was sharp and clever. The main couple, Matt and Elizabeth were dynamic characters who I could really empathise with, and functioned well as a grounding viewpoint for the ridiculous behaviour of other characters, helping along the feeling of natural comedy. Tom Hollander was bastardishly sweet as Leon. I wanted to murder him for behaving so selfishly, but felt genuine sympathy for the idiot. He was brilliant and bloody funny. And I always get warm fuzzies whenever I see Anthony Head in anything, even if it is as an arseholeish parody of himself. Congrats to all involved, I hope there's more on the way. To everyone else - give it a try, I don't think you'll regret it.