Men of the World was a 1990s BBC One situation comedy which starred David Threlfall and John Simm.
Written by Daniel Peacock — 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 and Claire Hinson. Marks and Gran are successful sitcom writers in their own right.
As of February 2009, neither series has ever been repeated on UK terrestria...
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Men of the World was a 1990s BBC One situation comedy which starred David Threlfall and John Simm.
Written by Daniel Peacock — 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 and Claire Hinson. Marks and Gran are successful sitcom writers in their own right.
As of February 2009, neither series has ever been repeated on UK terrestrial or satellite television; it has not had a DVD release and appears to have largely been forgotten.
Lenny Smart and Kendle Bains are flatmates and work together as travel agents in Manchester. 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.
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