Pete Versus Life

5 October 2011

TX: Friday 21st October, 10pm, Channel 4.

Rafe Spall returns to Channel 4 for a second, six part series of the hit comedy sitcom.

Pete Griffiths (Spall) is a struggling young sports journalist. Although well meaning, Pete lacks the emotional maturity to deal with ‘grown-up' relationships. He wishes that life, like sport, has clearly defined rules. But sadly for Pete, life isn't like sport. Navigating the game of life, with all its nuances, requires emotional skills way beyond his grasp.

Pete's life receives a sports-style commentary from two sport pundits - anchor man Colin King (Simon Greenall) and former international footballer Terry McIIroy (Ian Kirkby). Like a modern-day Greek chorus, Colin and Terry discuss and analyse Pete's emotional struggles with accompanying statistics, on screen graphics and slow motion replays.

Also starring David Fynn (as Manfred), Pippa Duffy (Anna), Susannah Fielding (Chloe), Dan Ings (Jake), Joseph Kloska (Rob) and Philip Jackson and Sorcha Cusack (as Pete's parents).

The series is written by Bert Tyler-Moore and George Jeffries (co-writers of Channel 4's hit comedy Star Stories) and comes from the producers Peep Show.

 

Production company
Objective Productions