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Men Behaving Badly

Men Behaving Badly was a British sitcom, first broadcast in 1992 on ITV but moved to BBC One (and a later timeslot) from the third series onwards. Produced by Hartswood Films, six series were made, and a final short run of three 45 minute episodes was made in 1998 to wrap up the series. There has also been a Christmas special. During its heyday, the show was seen as epitomising the lad culture of 1990s Britain. There are no reported plans to make more episodes. The episodes screened on ITV were made by Thames Television

Written by Simon Nye, the series centres around two "blokes", Gary Strang (Martin Clunes) and Tony Smart (Neil Morrissey). Tony replaced Dermot (Harry Enfield) from the second series on, following Enfield's departure on the grounds that he felt that "an actor could do a much better job". As of 2006 the original series has never been repeated on the BBC (although the second ITV series has been shown). Simon Nye has stated that ITV picked up the series partly because Enfield agreed to star in it, and his departure is considered to be one of the reasons that it was axed after two series.

Gary and Tony share the ground floor flat, owned by Gary, in a converted house. Gary is a branch manager of a security systems company; Tony drifts from job to job, including spells as a model, busker, mime artist, barman, home birthing assistant, record stall owner and postman. Their lives centre on lager and girls. The former is easy to come by, both in canned form and at their local pub, The Crown, run by the unkempt and unhygienic Les (played by Dave Atkins), and later the socially-unskilled Ken (played by John Thomson). As for the latter, Gary has a long-term girlfriend, Dorothy (Caroline Quentin), and Tony pines for Deborah (Leslie Ash), the girl upstairs, although has a number of other girlfriends to pass the time while Deborah keeps rejecting him. Gary is not afraid to look at other women, although he usually feels guilty if he goes much beyond ogling some Kylie Minogue publicity shots.

Dorothy is a nurse who lives with her parents and prefers not to move in with Gary, or marry him. She is devoted to him though despairs of his immature and inconsiderate nature on frequent occasions. Deborah is a restaurant manager who is attracted to Tony but put off by his own plummets into immaturity, usually when with Gary. That said, she is often jealous when Tony has a girlfriend. Eventually they get together in series six, but their relationship soon deteriorates into on/off status when Deborah grows tired of Tony's clingy behaviour, and later, his job as a postman.

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Men Behaving Badly Episodes

Men Behaving Badly 1st Series Winter 1992 (ITV)

1- 1 18 Feb 92 Intruders
1- 2 25 Feb 92 The Bet
1- 3 3 Mar 92 Alarms & Setbacks
1- 4 10 Mar 92 Animals
1- 5 17 Mar 92 Sex & Violence
1- 6 24 Mar 92 My Brilliant Career

Men Behaving Badly 2nd Series Fall 1992

2- 1 8 Sep 92 Gary and Tony
2- 2 15 Sep 92 Rent Boy
2- 3 22 Sep 92 How to Dump Your Girlfriend
2- 4 29 Sep 92 Troublesome 12"
2- 5 6 Oct 92 Going Nowhere
2- 6 13 Oct 92 People Behaving Irritatingly

Men Behaving Badly 3rd Series 1994 (now on BBC1)

3- 1 1 Jul 94 Lovers
3- 2 8 Jul 94 Bed
3- 3 15 Jul 94 Casualties
3- 4 22 Jul 94 Weekend
3- 5 29 Jul 94 Cleaning Lady
3- 6 5 Aug 94 Marriage

Men Behaving Badly 4th Series 1995

4- 1 25 May 95 Babies
4- 2 1 Jun 95 Infidelity
4- 3 8 Jun 95 Pornography
4- 4 22 Jun 95 Three Girlfriends
4- 5 29 Jun 95 Drunk
4- 6 6 Jul 95 In Bed with Dorothy
4- 7 13 Jul 95 Playing Away Children in Need

Men Behaving Badly Special 1995

S- 1 24 Nov 95 (Unknown Title) (6 min.)

Men Behaving Badly 5th Series 1996

5- 1 20 Jun 96 Hair
5- 2 27 Jun 96 The Good Pub Guide
5- 3 4 Jul 96 Cowardice
5- 4 11 Jul 96 Your Mate v Your Bird
5- 5 18 Jul 96 Cardigan
5- 6 25 Jul 96 Rich and Fat
5- 7 1 Aug 96 Home-Made Sauna Comic Relief

Men Behaving Badly Special 1997

S- 2 14 Mar 97 (Unknown Title) (10 min.)

Men Behaving Badly 6th Series 1997

6- 1 6 Nov 97 Stag Night
6- 2 13 Nov 97 Wedding
6- 3 20 Nov 97 Jealousy
6- 4 27 Nov 97 Watching TV
6- 5 4 Dec 97 Ten
6- 6 11 Dec 97 Sofa Christmas

Men Behaving Badly Special 1997

S- 3 25 Dec 97 Jingle B***s! (45 min.)

Men Behaving Badly Christmas Specials 1998

S- 4 25 Dec 98 Performance (1) (45 min.)
S- 5 26 Dec 98 Gary in Love (2) (45 min.)
S- 6 28 Dec 98 Delivery (3) (45 min.)

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When are they going to make a Men Behaving Badly movie, they should call it the 'Gary and Tony Show'

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