After You've Gone
Opening titles of After You've Gone
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Fred Barron
Starring	see below
Theme music composer	Turner Layton
Opening theme	"After You've Gone" by Jamie Cullum
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	25 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	23x30 minutes 1x45 minutes 1x40 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One, BBC HD
Original run	12 January 2007 – 21 December 2008
Chronology
Related shows	My Family

After You've Gone was a British Comedy that aired on BBC One from 12 January 2007 to 21 December 2008. Starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, Celia Imrie, Dani Harmer and Ryan Sampson, After You've Gone was created by Fred Barron, who also created My Family.^[1] The writers include Barron, Ian Brown, Katie Douglas, James Hendie, Danny Robins, Andrea Solomons and Dan Tetsell.

Three series and a Christmas Special have been aired. A second Christmas special aired on 21 December 2008.^[2] Work on scripts for a fourth series had already begun when the BBC withdrew the commission in November 2008 and cancelled the series.^[3]

Contents 1 Plot 2 Main/Recurring Cast 3 Guest cast 4 Episodes 5 DVD releases 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Plot

When his former wife Ann goes to Africa to help out following a natural disaster, Jimmy Venables, a handyman, has to move back into the marital home to look after his two children, Molly and Alex.^[1] Jimmy's opinionated widowed former mother-in-law Diana Neal, a teacher, who has always disliked Jimmy, decides to help him out. Diana's husband, Patrick Neal OBE, died in 1996. Fashion-obsessed Molly is an intelligent girl who sees herself as the only adult in the family, while cheerful Alex is bright but has constantly changing ideas. Jimmy had a girlfriend, Siobhan Casey, a hairdresser, who often feels he does not pay her enough attention.

Jimmy's assistant is Kev, while the landlord of his local pub, The Leek and Shepherd, is the pessimistic Bobby. In Series Two, Siobhan is the barmaid at the pub and goes back to college to study Business Studies. She appears less often in Series Three, having been partially written-out by having her split with Jimmy. The actress playing the character, Amanda Abbington, was pregnant at time of filming and so it was decided to make things easier for her by reducing her sizeable role. Bobby and Kev, meanwhile, have been developing a tendency to team up and do things which annoy Jimmy (such as locking him in Kev's flat or taking legal action against him).

Often compared to My Family, After You've Gone is a light comedy which pulled in good viewing figures despite often being broadcast at the same time as Coronation Street. It was often broadcast on Friday evenings on BBC One and followed by the heavier comedy of Have I Got News For You. After You've Gone was the last new pre-watershed comedy on the channel.

[edit] Main/Recurring Cast

Actor/Actress	Character	Occupation	Notes	Duration
Nicholas Lyndhurst	James "Jimmy" Venables	Builder / Decorator	Father	Series 1 - 3
Celia Imrie	Diana Neal	School Teacher	Grandmother
Ryan Sampson	Alex Venables	Student	Jimmy & Ann's son
Dani Harmer	Molly Venables		Jimmy & Ann's daughter
Lee Oakes	Kev	Builder / Decorator	Jimmy's friend
Vincent Ebrahim	Bobby	Pub Landlord
Amanda Abbington	Siobhan Casey	Barmaid / Hair dresser	Jimmy's girlfriend	Series 1 - 2 Series 3 (recurring)
Roxanne Ricketts	Ellie	Student	Molly's friend	Series 1 - 2 (recurring)
Samantha Spiro	Ann Venables	Various	Jimmy's ex-wife

Amanda Abbington (Siobhan) is seen less frequently in Series Three due to her real-life pregnancy. Nicholas Lyndhurst and Celia Imrie were already household names by the time they appeared on the programme: Lyndhurst had appeared in Only Fools and Horses and Goodnight Sweetheart while Imrie previously featured in Dinnerladies and Calendar Girls. Dani Harmer and Ryan Sampson had appeared in various roles previously - the most notable being Harmer in The Story of Tracy Beaker - but have both gone on to more solid roles since. Harmer is now starring in her own programme called Dani's House (with the result that she is BBC One for two half-hour programmes on Fridays) while Sampson had a leading role in two 2008 episodes of Doctor Who, as well as appearing in a pilot programme for BBC Three called The Things I Haven't Told You (which has not been picked up).

[edit] Guest cast

Gareth Tunley Marcia Mantack Mark Zammit Rupert Frazer Shana Swash Robert Knox Hazel McBride Fergus Craig Martin Troakes Laurence Howarth Sheri-An Davis Nick Ball Nicolas Le Moignan Sarah Hadland Martin Trenaman Ben Onwukwe

Lorelei King Wendy Wason Paul Raffield Eleanor Matsuura Daisy Lewis Alexander Armstrong Phil Snowden Chloe-Charlotte Crampton Huw David Thomas Nicky Henson Tom Basden Tracey Wilkinson Di Botcher Jack Brough Mark Roper Daniel Bickerdike Elliot Francis

Katie Collins Daniel Tetsell Kali Peacock Tom Goodman-Hill Catherine Shepherd James Puddephatt Klem Mayr-Mauhart Zoe K. Hardman Bryan Matheson Sharon Morgan Helen Cotterill Carole Dance Christopher Godwin Gregory Foreman Gemma Boyle Philip Pope Michael Brandon

[edit] Episodes

Series 1 (2007) : 7 Episodes

Series 2 (2007) : 8 Episodes

2007 Christmas Special ("And so this is Christmas")

Series 3 (2008) : 8 Episodes

2008 Christmas Special ("There will be pud")

The theme song is "After You've Gone" and is performed by Jamie Cullum.^[1] The song was composed by Turner Layton with lyrics by Henry Creamer and was originally released in 1918 by Marion Harris.

[edit] DVD releases

The first two series of After You've Gone have been released on DVD in the UK (Region 2). The third series is due to be released in 2010.

The first two series of After You've Gone have also been released on DVD in Australia (Region 4).

DVD Title		Discs	Year	Episode #	DVD release
					Region 2	Region 4
	Complete Series 1	1	2007	7	24 September 2007	4 September 2008
	Complete Series 2	2	2007	8	22 September 2008	2 September 2009
	Complete Series 3	1	2008	10	18 January 2010[4]	TBA

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• After You've Gone at BBC Online
• After You've Gone at the British Comedy Guide
• After You've Gone at the Internet Movie Database