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BBC Two · Ended
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Comedy · 2006
Last aired: S4 E6, End · 2011-07-05
Sitcom about Rick Spleen, a disillusioned stand-up comedian and writer whose career has not gone to plan.
Season 4
E1
Pig
2011-05-31 · 30 min
When a Sunday newspaper wants to do an 'At Home With' feature about Rick's partner Mel, he naturally tries to muscle in on the action.
E2
Dead
2011-06-07 · 30 min
Rick lands a job as a presenter on the Bargain Channel - it's Britain's premier shopping channel, as he points out to anyone who will listen.
E3
Shoddy
2011-06-14 · 30 min
Rick's going from strength to strength in his new job as a presenter on the Bargain Channel, but he's not best pleased when Marty takes a shine to his co-presenter.
E4
Off
2011-06-21 · 30 min
With no other work on offer, Rick decides to set up his own stand-up comedy workshop. But the first week's class attracts just five students.
E5
Blade
2011-06-28 · 30 min
Rick reluctantly agrees to teach a Stand-up Comedy Workshop in Belford Prison, but he is taken hostage by a knife-wielding prisoner.
E6
End
2011-07-05 · 30 min
Rick has at last found the fame and success he so desperately craved thanks to his ordeal as a hostage, and he is asked to host The Brave Britain Awards.
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Jack Dee
Rick Spleen
