Hardware (TV series)
{{Short description|British sitcom television series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Hardware title card.jpg
| caption =
| genre = Sitcom
| company = Thames Television
| runtime = 30 minutes
| creator = Simon Nye
| starring = Martin Freeman
Peter Serafinowicz
Ken Morley
Ryan Cartwright
Susan Earl
Ella Kenion
| opentheme = A Taste of Honey by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| network = ITV
| first_aired = {{Start date|2003|03|23|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2004|04|11|df=y}}
| num_series = 2
| num_episodes = 12
}}
Hardware is a British sitcom that was broadcast on ITV from 23 March 2003 to 11 April 2004. Starring Martin Freeman, it was written and created by Simon Nye, the creator of Men Behaving Badly and directed by Ben Kellett.
The show's opening theme was "A Taste of Honey" by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass.
Cast
- Martin Freeman – Mike
- Peter Serafinowicz – Kenny
- Ken Morley – Rex
- Ryan Cartwright – Steve
- Susan Earl – Anne
- Ella Kenion – Julie
- Iain Pearson – Brian McCampion
Plot
Hardware is set in "Hamway's Hardware Store" in London, where main character Mike (Martin Freeman) works with Steve (Ryan Cartwright) and Kenny (Peter Serafinowicz) for shop owner Rex (Ken Morley). They relax at the next-door-but-one cafe, "Nice Day Cafe", where Mike's girlfriend Anne (Susan Earl) works with Julie (Ella Kenion). The series revolves around the store staff as they engage in a daily wisecrack battle with packs of DIY obsessed clients.
The exterior scenes were filmed at 237 and 241 Neasden Lane in Neasden.
Episodes
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=Series overview=
- Series 1: 23 March 2003 to 27 April 2003 (6 Episodes)
- Series 2: 7 March 2004 to 11 April 2004 (6 Episodes)
=Series 1 (2003)=
- "Nice" (23 March 2003)
- "Naked" (30 March 2003)
- "Bondage" (6 April 2003)
- "Finger" (13 April 2003)
- "Women" (20 April 2003)
- "Hutch" (27 April 2003)
=Series 2 (2004)=
- "Bastard" (7 March 2004)
- "Big Foot" (14 March 2004)
- "Nude" (21 March 2004)
- "Loser" (28 March 2004)
- "Tony Two-Ways" (4 April 2004)
- "Celebrity" (11 April 2004)
DVD releases
The first series of Hardware is available on DVD in Region 4 (Australia).{{cite news|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/784489|title=Hardware – Series 1|publisher=ezydvd.com.au|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004451/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/784489|archive-date=27 September 2007}} The complete series of Hardware was released in February 2009 in the UK on Region 2 from Network DVD.{{cite news|url=http://www.networkdvd.net/product_info.php?products_id=787|title=Hardware – The Complete Series (1&2)|publisher=networkdvd.net}}
Notes
{{Reflist}}
References
- Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
- [http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/hardware/index.html Hardware] at British TV Comedy
External links
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/h/hardware_1299003504.shtml Hardware] at bbc.co.uk
- {{IMDb title|0358319}}
{{Simon Nye}}
Category:2003 British television series debuts
Category:2004 British television series endings
Category:2000s British sitcoms
Category:Television series set in shops
Category:Television series by Fremantle (company)
Category:Television shows set in London