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United Kingdom

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 sitcom about employees in a fictional supermarket named "Valco", which debuted on Sky1 on 4 August 2011 at 9:00pm, and is the first sitcom made for Sky1 since Time Gentlemen Please

Time Gentlemen Please

Time Gentlemen Please is a British sitcom. Commissioned by Sky One, it was primarily written by Richard Herring and Al Murray and ran for two series between 2000 and 2002.- Premise and characters :...

in 2002. The series was filmed in a purpose-built replica supermarket in the Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol

Bristol

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 throughout April and May 2011.

Plot summary

The series is set in Warrington

Warrington

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, Cheshire

Cheshire

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, in the fictional supermarket of Valco. Julie (Jane Horrocks

Jane Horrocks

Barbara Jane Horrocks is an English voice, stage, screen and television actress, voice artist, musician, and singer. She is best known for her role as "Bubble" in the TV series Absolutely Fabulous as well as her distinctive voice....

), is the acting deputy manager, who works alongside store manager Gavin (Jason Watkins

Jason Watkins

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), to whom she is romantically attracted. Andy (Mark Addy

Mark Addy

Mark Addy Johnson is an English actor, best known for his roles as Detective Constable Gary Boyle in the UK sitcom The Thin Blue Line, Dave in the British film The Full Monty, father Bill Miller in the U.S...

) and Kieran (Nick Blood

Nick Blood

Bold textAn English actor, born on the 20th of March 1982 in London.He has tarred as Alex, Ali's gay flatmate who works as a designer in the BBC drama Material girl Currently he portrays the butcher Kieran in the Sky 1 serial Comdey...

) are the store's butchers, Katie (Chanel Cresswell

Chanel Cresswell

Chanel Cresswell is an English actress best known for playing Kelly in the film This Is England and This Is England 86, and also appearing as Katie in the television series Trollied.-Biography:...

) works on the checkouts, and has a flirtatious relationship with Kieran. Margaret (Rita May

Rita May (actress)

Rita May is a British actress. She has appeared in popular television series such as Early Doors and Drop Dead Gorgeous, and radio programmes including Ed Reardon's Week. She apperared as Jimmy Kemp's mother in the acclaimed nuclear war drama Threads...

), the oldest of the team, struggles to settle in. Leighton (Joel Fry) is a happy-go-lucky, aloof shelf-stacker along with his colleague, Colin (Carl Rice

Carl Rice

Carl Rice is a British actor.Carl is a veteran on British TV and first appeared on screen at the age of eight in a 1980s advert for milk. The advert famously proclaimed "Accrington Stanley! Who are they?"Following this he appeared in 15 other adverts...

) who in contrast is lazy and very unhelpful to customers.

Cast and characters

Character	Position	Actor/Actress	Duration
Julie	Deputy Manager	Jane Horrocks Jane Horrocks Barbara Jane Horrocks is an English voice, stage, screen and television actress, voice artist, musician, and singer. She is best known for her role as "Bubble" in the TV series Absolutely Fabulous as well as her distinctive voice....	2011-present
Andy	Head Butcher	Mark Addy Mark Addy Mark Addy Johnson is an English actor, best known for his roles as Detective Constable Gary Boyle in the UK sitcom The Thin Blue Line, Dave in the British film The Full Monty, father Bill Miller in the U.S...	2011-present
Gavin	Valco Store Manager	Jason Watkins Jason Watkins (actor) Jason Watkins , is an award-nominated British stage, film and television actor.-Career:Since training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he has established himself as a stage actor, and is a member of the National Theatre company....	2011-present
Kieran	Butcher	Nick Blood Nick Blood Bold textAn English actor, born on the 20th of March 1982 in London.He has tarred as Alex, Ali's gay flatmate who works as a designer in the BBC drama Material girl Currently he portrays the butcher Kieran in the Sky 1 serial Comdey...	2011-present
Katie	Checkout operator	Chanel Cresswell Chanel Cresswell Chanel Cresswell is an English actress best known for playing Kelly in the film This Is England and This Is England 86, and also appearing as Katie in the television series Trollied.-Biography:...	2011-present
Margaret	Store assistant	Rita May Rita May (actress) Rita May is a British actress. She has appeared in popular television series such as Early Doors and Drop Dead Gorgeous, and radio programmes including Ed Reardon's Week. She apperared as Jimmy Kemp's mother in the acclaimed nuclear war drama Threads...	2011-present
Colin	Store assistant	Carl Rice Carl Rice Carl Rice is a British actor.Carl is a veteran on British TV and first appeared on screen at the age of eight in a 1980s advert for milk. The advert famously proclaimed "Accrington Stanley! Who are they?"Following this he appeared in 15 other adverts...	2011-present
Sue	Customer Service	Lorraine Cheshire Lorraine Cheshire Lorraine Cheshire is a British actress from Wythenshawe, Manchester.Date of birth: 4 September 1958 -Credits:*Massive 2008*Life on Mars 2007*Tittybangbang 2006*Early Doors 2003*Mrs Meitlemeihr 2002...	2011-present
Linda	Customer Service	Faye McKeever	2011-present
Leighton	Store assistant	Joel Fry	2011-present
Lisa	Checkout operator	Beverly Rudd	2011-present

Series 1 (2011)

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Future

After the conclusion of the first series, it was announced Trollied had been recommissioned for a second and third series at thirteen episodes each, and a Christmas special.

Reception

Following the debut of Trollied, Ian Richardson, Manager of Morrisons Supermarket in Thornbury, wrote an article in The Guardian newspaper, claiming the show was the topic of the discussion in the staff canteen and that he felt the attention to detail of the set was excellent making a realistic setting. In Mr Richardson’s article he commented that the show portrayed many similarities with his supermarket, but he could not relate to the use of bad language on the shop floor or poor customer service levels and that he felt it was a shame there was not more customer interaction.