Funeral 

Jeremy's uncle dies from terminal illness, providing the perfect opportunity for Mark to ask Sophie to be his date to the funeral. Jeremy finds out his uncle died from a hereditary illness and worries that he might have it.

Director:

Jeremy Wooding

Writers:

Andrew O'Connor (creator), Jesse Armstrong (creator)

Stars:

David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Alice Arnold

Cast

Episode cast overview:
David Mitchell	...	Mark Corrigan
Robert Webb	...	Jeremy Usborne
Alice Arnold	...	Auntie Liz
Olivia Colman	...	Sophie Chapman
Patrick Driver	...	Uncle Ray
Neil Edmond	...	Paramedic
Daisy Haggard	...	Practice Nurse
Alexander Kirk	...	Keith
Elizabeth Marmur	...	Toni

Storyline

Jeremy's uncle dies from terminal illness, providing the perfect opportunity for Mark to ask Sophie to be his date to the funeral. Jeremy finds out his uncle died from a hereditary illness and worries that he might have it.

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Plot Keywords:

hare krishna | funeral | terminal illness | stomach pumping | hand job | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 October 2003 (UK)

Filming Locations:

WS Atkins Woodcote Grove, Ashley Rd, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Objective Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The opening scene where Mark is with Sophie in her car begins with an establishing shot that has been taken in a different place with another Nissan Micra (silver instead of green).

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Quotes

[Mark is having his testicles examined by a nurse]
Mark Corrigan: [voiceover] Oh, I hope I don't... no leaping to attention, Captain Corrigan. I mean, anyone would say she's an attractive woman. She should have to wear a mask for this kind of thing. Reagan or Batman or... actually she'd look pretty horny as Batman... Jesus, no, don't!

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Connections

References Newsnight (1980)

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Soundtracks

Orinoco Flow
(uncredited)
Written by Enya and Roma Ryan
Performed by Enya

User Reviews

Season 1: Strong start

Interesting to go back and watch the first season of this show to see that so much of what is good about is in place right from the get-go. The internal thoughts of our two characters allow for an honesty that is accurate while also being hilarious in its exaggeration of reality. Jeremy and Mark live together, the former being a bit of a deadbeat artist, the latter being an uptight and awkward office worker; the series follows them as they seek relationships and anything else which they believe will give them happiness.

This season starts out pretty slow and sets up some of the relationships that will carry through all the rest of the seasons, it also establishes the "point of view" tool as a device and it pretty much works out of the box. It seems a little awkward at times but generally it makes sense and the good lines delivered in the inner thoughts mean that the whole package works. There are no weak episodes in this opening 6, although it must be said that none had me consistently rolling with laughter either – it was just a very assured and very confident start. The moral weaknesses of the characters and their different forms of social awkwardness really work and are funny but also believable. Webb and Mitchell are both really good as well – convincing in their characters and with strong timing.

Season 1 is not the high point for this show but it is impressive how well it starts itself out on the right path and does so much well from the very start.