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Nighty Night

TV·2004–2005·2 seasons, 12 episodes·BBC Three·Comedy·30m·Created by Julia Davis

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Jill Tyrell is a narcissistic sociopath who manages a beauty parlour alongside her moronic, asthmatic assistant Linda. When Jill learns that her husband has cancer, she uses this fact to manipulate new neighbour Cathy Cole, a wheelchair user with multiple sclerosis whose husband Don, a womanising doctor, Jill has become obsessed with.

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Episodes by season

Season016Episodes2004AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Nighty Night S01E01Episode OneJanuary 6, 2004Jill, the owner of a suburban beauty salon, sees her husband’s terminal illness as a fresh start for herself. She immediately falls for new
  2. S01E02Nighty Night S01E02Episode TwoJanuary 13, 2004Jill descends further into Cath and Don's lives by inviting Don around for a dinner of smashed prawns in a milky basket. However her plans a
  3. S01E03Nighty Night S01E03Episode ThreeJanuary 20, 2004Jill convinces Cath to try to heal her marriage with the Caro Bibbens Celebrating Celibacy programme. Don becomes increasingly frustrated an
  4. S01E04Nighty Night S01E04Episode FourJanuary 27, 2004Don attempts a reconciliation with Cath but Jill is now firmly established in their home and has no intention of allowing the two to make up
  5. S01E05Nighty Night S01E05Episode FiveFebruary 3, 2004Cath finally stands up to Jill and throws her out of the house and reveals some interesting news to Jill. Jill goes ahead with Terry's funer
  6. S01E06Nighty Night S01E06Episode SixFebruary 10, 2004Don and Cathy split up. Jill kills Terry, then forces Glenn to kill Gordon the vicar with a poisoned sundae and makes him confess to the pol

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season026Episodes2005AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Nighty Night S02E01Episode OneSeptember 6, 2005Jill is picking up the pieces of her life after the murders at the end of the last series. She has managed to frame ex-boyfriend Glen for th
  2. S02E02Nighty Night S02E02Episode TwoSeptember 13, 2005Jill and Linda drive down to Cornwall as Jill goes in search of Cath and Don. On the way, Jill runs over a black woman and discovers that sh
  3. S02E03Nighty Night S02E03Episode ThreeSeptember 20, 2005Jill arranges an encounter with Don's girlfriend in an attempt to discourage her, while Cath pursues a relationship with her therapist.
  4. S02E04Nighty Night S02E04Episode FourSeptember 27, 2005Jill is still pursuing Don, even after finding out that Cathy is pregnant with Don's child, but her attempt to seduce Don is unsuccessful, s
  5. S02E05Nighty Night S02E05Episode FiveOctober 4, 2005Jill decides that the only way left to infiltrate herself into the Cole household is to emulate Cath's pregnancy, and announces that 12-year
  6. S02E06Nighty Night S02E06Episode SixOctober 11, 2005Jill's lies are finally catching up with her. The man she framed for her husband's murder, Glen Bulb, escapes from the mental hospital. And

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