Gone to the Dogs (TV series)

Gone to the Dogs is a television miniseries by Central Films for Central Independent Television bought from writer Will Warrior, and was broadcast by ITV in 1991[1] in the UK. The six episode comedy drama series[2] revolved around the relationship of Jim Morley (Jim Broadbent) and Lauren Patterson (Alison Steadman) in the world of greyhound racing.[3] The series had a notable cast and much of the greyhound racing filming took place at Walthamstow Stadium.

For other uses, see Gone to the Dogs (disambiguation).

Gone to the Dogs
GenreComedy-Drama
Written byTony Grounds
Directed byTony Dow
Sandy Johnson
StarringJim Broadbent
Alison Steadman
Warren Clarke
Harry Enfield
Sheila Hancock
Martin Clunes
Peter Cook
Cliff Parisi
Rosemary Martin
Music byThe Gutter Brothers
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerMichele Buck
Running time50 minutes
Production companyCentral Films
Release
Original networkITV
Original release29 November (1991-11-29) –
27 December 1991 (1991-12-27)

The series was followed by Gone to Seed where several members of the cast from this series also appear, albeit in entirely new roles.[4]

Cast

The cast included

Guest Appearances

Episodes
No.TitleOriginal air date
1"Episode 1"29 November 1991 (1991-11-29)
2"Episode 2"6 December 1991 (1991-12-06)
3"Episode 3"13 December 1991 (1991-12-13)
4"Episode 4"20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)
5"Episode 5"27 December 1991 (1991-12-27)
6"Episode 6"27 December 1991 (1991-12-27)

Home Media

The complete series was originally released on VHS on 4 November 1991 by the Video Collection and Central Video.[5] It was released on DVD in a three disc boxset along with its follow up series Gone to Seed, by Network on 27 February 2012.[6]

References
  1. Hancock, Sheila (1933-). BFI Screenonline. Accessed May 2014.
  2. "Gone to the Dogs". Comedy.co.uk.
  3. "Warren Clarke obituary". The Guardian. 12 November 2014.
  4. "Gone to Seed". British Comedy Guide.
  5. "Gone to the Dogs VHS". Amazon. November 1991.
  6. "Gone to the Dogs/ Gone to Seed". Network. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 16 March 2023.


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