Man Down (TV series)
television series
Man Down is a British sitcom that was broadcast from 18 October 2013 to 29 November 2017 on Channel 4. The series stars Greg Davies as Dan Davies, a man undergoing a midlife crisis.
Channel 4 commissioned an additional 25-minute Christmas special before the first series aired, and a second series was announced during Davies's live tour "The Back of My Mum's Head." Following Rik Mayall's death in June 2014, Davies met with Channel 4 to discuss the future of the show. It had been intended that Mayall's role in the second series would be more prominent than it had been previously. The series returned for a second Christmas special in 2014, a second series in 2015, a third in 2016, and a fourth in 2017.
The majority of scenes were filmed in and around Watford and South Oxhey, Hertfordshire.
Plot
Forty-something Dan Davies lives with his parents, hates his job as head of drama at Sandalwood School and is suffering a midlife crisis. He frequents Bob's Cafe, where he meets up with Jo and Brian, his friends from school despite both being six years younger than him. His long-term girlfriend Naomi breaks up with him at the beginning of series 1 and he makes several failed attempts to win her back. From the Christmas specials through to the end of series 3, he pursues Emma, a young, highly attractive deputy headmistress.
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