Men of the World was a 1990s BBC One

BBC One

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 situation comedy

Situation comedy

A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...

 which starred David Threlfall

David Threlfall

David Threlfall is an English stage, film and television actor and director best known for playing Frank Gallagher in Channel 4's Manchester-based drama series Shameless. He has also directed several episodes of the show.-Early life:...

 and John Simm

John Simm

John Simm is an English stage and screen actor. In recent years he is best known for his roles as Sam Tyler in the detective drama Life on Mars and as The Master in the revival of the science fiction series Doctor Who, but he has also starred in many highly acclaimed award-winning television...

.

Production details

Written by Daniel Peacock

Daniel Peacock

Daniel Peacock is an English actor, writer and director best known for his work with the team of The Comic Strip Presents.... He is also known as Danny Peacock.-Acting:...

 — who also appeared as the character Gilby Watson. — Men of the World was directed by Terry Kinane and produced for Alomo Productions by Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran

Maurice Gran

Maurice Bernard Gran is one half of writing duo Marks & Gran. He co-wrote popular sitcoms The New Statesman, Birds of a Feather and Goodnight Sweetheart with Laurence Marks. He is also the co-author of Prudence at Number 10, a fictional diary supposedly written by Gordon Brown's P.A.-External links:...

 and Claire Hinson. Marks and Gran are successful sitcom writers in their own right.

Neither series has ever been repeated on UK terrestrial television, though was shown on Carlton Select

Carlton Select

Carlton Select was a British digital television channel, owned by Carlton Television. It was launched in February 1997, and closed down in March 2000. Its sister channels were Carlton Cinema, Carlton Food Network, Carlton Kids and Carlton World....

 sometime in the late nineties. However, it has not had a DVD release and appears to have largely been forgotten.

Plot

Lenny Smart and Kendle Bains are flatmates and work together as travel agents in Manchester

Manchester

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. Thirtysomething Lenny attempts, with the help of old friend Gilby, to turn sensitive 23-year-old Kendle into a "real man". In one hilarious episode, Kendle receives a telescope for a birthday present and subsequently ends up looking into all the windows opposite, Gilby, gorgeous Becky and her friends end up fighting over what to look at.

Main cast

• David Threlfall
  David Threlfall
  David Threlfall is an English stage, film and television actor and director best known for playing Frank Gallagher in Channel 4's Manchester-based drama series Shameless. He has also directed several episodes of the show.-Early life:...
  
   … as Lenny Smart
• John Simm
  John Simm
  John Simm is an English stage and screen actor. In recent years he is best known for his roles as Sam Tyler in the detective drama Life on Mars and as The Master in the revival of the science fiction series Doctor Who, but he has also starred in many highly acclaimed award-winning television...
  
   … as Kendle Bains
• Daniel Peacock
  Daniel Peacock
  Daniel Peacock is an English actor, writer and director best known for his work with the team of The Comic Strip Presents.... He is also known as Danny Peacock.-Acting:...
  
   … as Gilby Watson
• Eva Pope
  Eva Pope
  Eva Pope is an English actress. She trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.- Career :Her first major role was playing Tanya Pooley in ITV soap-opera Coronation Street from 1993 to 1994...
  
   … as Becky (Series 2)
• Brenda Bruce
  Brenda Bruce
  Brenda Bruce was a British actress. She had a long and successful career in the theatre, radio, film, and television.-Early life:Brenda Bruce was born in Manchester...
  
  … as Mrs Daff

Episodes

Series 1

1. "Match of the Day" (14 March 1994)
2. "The Assessment" (21 March 1994)
3. "Lost in France" (28 March 1994)
4. "The Big Fight" (11 April 1994)
5. "Team Table" (18 April 1994)
6. "The Runaway" (25 April 1994)

Series 2

1. "The Dice of Life" (26 July 1995)
2. "The Girl I Love" (2 August 1995)
3. "The Walking Wounded" (9 August 1995)
4. "Happy Birthday Kendle" (16 August 1995)
5. "Stolen Kiss" (23 August 1995)
6. "Farewell My Lovely" (30 August 1995)