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Coogan's Run

TV·1995–1995·1 season, 6 episodes·BBC Two·Comedy·30m·Created by Steve Coogan

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Coogan's Run is a 1995 British anthology comedy programme created by and starring Steve Coogan as a series of odd characters residing in the fictional town of Ottle. The series consists of six self-contained stories, although Coogan's characters from the other episodes make occasional cameo appearances.

Cast

Steve CooganSteve CooganPaul Calf / Pauline Calf / Gareth Cheeseman / Tim Fleck / Ernest Moss / Mike Crystal / Guy Slump

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes1995Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Get CalfNovember 17, 1995—Paul Calf is a jobless Manchester City fan, whose main goal in life is to get drunk, get off with as many girls as possible, and to fight th
  2. S01E02Dearth of a SalesmanNovember 24, 1995—Gareth Cheeseman's mind is a bomb, nothing can stand in his way. In the coporate jungle he is – truly – a tiger. With only three days of the
  3. S01E03Handyman for All SeasonsDecember 1, 1995—In the 1960s, local handyman Ernest Moss finds that Ottle is to be turned into a fairground and finds himself being turned on by the locals
  4. S01E04Thursday Night FeverDecember 8, 1995—Cabaret club entertainer Mike Crystal dreams of having his own night but his boss just seems to avoid giving him a shot. But all that's abou
  5. S01E05Natural Born QuizzersDecember 15, 1995—Brothers Stuart and Guy Crump kidnap their asylum counsellor and policewoman Cathy to recreate the game show Top of the Class in order for t
  6. S01E06The CuratorDecember 22, 1995—Tim Fleck is the proud owner of Little Ottle museum, a small establishment holding pistols that may or may not have belong to dreading highw

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