Honest is a British

United Kingdom

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 comedy

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-drama

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 series

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 that aired on ITV

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 in 2008. The series is a remake

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 of the New Zealand

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 series Outrageous Fortune

Outrageous Fortune (TV series)

Outrageous Fortune was a New Zealand comedy/drama television series, which was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and was produced by South Pacific Pictures...

, written by James Griffin and Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang

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, that first aired in 2005.

The programme stars Amanda Redman

Amanda Redman

-External links:* ArtistsTheatreSchool.com* The-Little.co.uk...

 as Lindsay Carter, a mother of four who decides that that her criminal family is going to change its ways after her husband is sent to prison. Honest also stars Danny Webb

Danny Webb (actor)

Danny Webb is a British television and film actor. He may be best known for his role as the prisoner Morse in Alien 3. He has appeared in many famous British television programmes including The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Emmerdale Farm, Our Friends in the North, A Touch of Frost, Agatha...

, Sean Pertwee

Sean Pertwee

Sean Pertwee is an English actor known for his television, film and voice-over work.-Career:In the early 80s, he auditioned for a place at the Surrey County Youth Theatre where he was cast as Captain Fitzpatrick in the play Tom Jones, based on the novel by Henry Fielding...

 and Camille Coduri

Camille Coduri

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.

Production

Lots of the filming was down in Staines

Staines

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, including at the local school, Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold School (Staines)

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Main cast

Actor	Character
Amanda Redman Amanda Redman -External links:* ArtistsTheatreSchool.com* The-Little.co.uk...	Lindsay Carter
Danny Webb Danny Webb (actor) Danny Webb is a British television and film actor. He may be best known for his role as the prisoner Morse in Alien 3. He has appeared in many famous British television programmes including The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Emmerdale Farm, Our Friends in the North, A Touch of Frost, Agatha...	Mack Carter
Matthew McNulty Matthew McNulty Matthew McNulty is an English actor of film and television.-Film:*Geography of the Hapless Heart as Jamie*Messengers 2: The Scarecrow as Deputy Milton...	Vin Carter/Taylor Carter
Eleanor Wyld	Lianna Carter
Laura Haddock Laura Haddock Laura Jane Haddock is an English actress, known for portraying Kacie Carter in Honest, Bethan in The Colour of Magic, Natasha in Monday Monday, Sam in How Not To Live Your Life and Alison in The Inbetweeners Movie.-Background:...	Kacie Carter
Michael Byrne Michael Byrne (actor) Michael Byrne is an English actor noted for his roles on film and television. He has often been cast in Nazi military roles such as Colonel Vogel in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Obergruppenführer Odilo Globocnik in the BBC radio dramatisation of the novel Fatherland by Robert Harris...	Norman "Grandpa" Carter
Sean Pertwee Sean Pertwee Sean Pertwee is an English actor known for his television, film and voice-over work.-Career:In the early 80s, he auditioned for a place at the Surrey County Youth Theatre where he was cast as Captain Fitzpatrick in the play Tom Jones, based on the novel by Henry Fielding...	DS Ed Bain
Amit Shah	Reza

Recurring cast

Actor	Character
Ewan Bailey	Donnie
Thomas Nelstrop Thomas Nelstrop Thomas Nelstrop is an English actor.-Early life and career:Born in York and growing up in Hebden Bridge, Thomas gained a B.A. degree in Actor Musicianship at Rose Bruford College in 2002 and has since garnered a successful acting career...	DC Harrison
Burt Kwouk Burt Kwouk Burt Kwouk OBE , born Herbert Kwouk, is an English actor of Chinese descent, known for many television appearances and for his role as Cato in the Pink Panther films.-Career:...	Mr Hong
Maye Choo	Vicky Hong
Jodie McMullen Jodie McMullen Jodie McMullen is a former Miss Australia in 1996. During the international beauty pageant, she did not make the top 10 but won the Miss Congeniality award...	Diane Hong
Camille Coduri Camille Coduri Camille Coduri is an English actress. She is best known for her role in Doctor Who as Jackie Tyler.-Career:She featured in the film comedies Nuns on the Run and King Ralph...	Chrissie
Katy Murphy Katy Murphy Katy Murphy is a Scottish actress who has appeared in Mike and Angelo, Spatz, B&B, The Steamie, The River, Takin' Over the Asylum, Casualty and perhaps most memorably Tutti Frutti. She played the part of Janet in the Radio 4 series Adventures of a Black Bag, and her most recent performance was in...	Caitlin

Broadcast Dates

The first episode aired on Wednesday January 9, 2008 at 21:00. It pulled in an average audience of 6 million viewers, winning the 21:00 slot with a 24% share. However, the second episode figures fell to 4.3 million viewers (17%) http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/17/tvnews.tvratings, in competition with the second season premier of Torchwood

Torchwood

Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from Davies's 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. The show has shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from...

 on the BBC, and the third episode declined further to 3.7 million viewers (15%) http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/24/tvratings.television. Episode 4 saw an increase of one percentage point from the previous week to 3.9 million viewers (16%) http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/31/tvratings.television. However Episode 5 dropped to 3.2 million viewers, reflecting direct competition with Fabio Capello

Fabio Capello

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's debut as England

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 football manager on Match of the Day

Match of the Day

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/07/tvratings.television. The final installment saw figures rally by 800,000 to 4 million, an increase of 17% taking second place in the 9pm slot to Channel 4's Grand Designs

Grand Designs

Grand Designs is a British television series produced by Talkback Thames and broadcast on Channel 4 which features unusual and often elaborate architectural home-building projects....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/14/tvratings.channel4. The figures average at 4.18 million per week.