Sitcom Dark comedy Comedy-drama Surreal humour Horror
Created by
Julia Davis
Written by
Julia Davis
Jane Stanness
Mark Gatiss
Ruth Jones
Marc Wootton
Directed by
Tony Dow Dewi Humpfreys
Starring
Julia Davis
Rebecca Front Angus Deayton Kevin Eldon Ruth Jones Mark Gatiss Felicity Montagu Michael Fenton Stevens
Country of origin
United Kingdom
No. of series
2
No. of episodes
12
Production
Executive producers
Henry Normal Steve Coogan
Producers
Ted Dowd
Alison MacPhail
Running time
30 minutes
Production company
Baby Cow Productions
Original release
Network
BBC Three
Release
6 January 2004 (2004-01-06) – 11 October 2005 (2005-10-11)
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Nighty Night is a BBC black comedy[1][2] television sitcom starring Julia Davis. It was first broadcast on 6 January 2004 on BBC Three.
Notorious for its dark humour, the show follows narcissistic sociopath Jill Tyrell (Julia Davis) alongside her moronic personal assistant Linda (Ruth Jones). Jill learns that her husband Terry (Kevin Eldon) has cancer. She uses this to manipulate new neighbour Cathy Cole (Rebecca Front), who suffers from MS, and her husband Don (Angus Deayton), a doctor and the man with whom Jill becomes increasingly obsessed.
^Hawker, Phillipa (18 November 2005). "Nighty Night review". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 May 2016. In this confronting English black comedy, writer Julia Davis stars as her unnerving, unhinged creation, Jill Tyrell.
^Pfarr, Jodie (23 August 2007). "Black, Tasteless, Yet Terribly Funny – TV & Radio – Entertainment". The Age. Retrieved 3 May 2016. This pitch-black comedy is certainly not everybody's cup of tea
NightyNight is a BBC black comedy television sitcom starring Julia Davis. It was first broadcast on 6 January 2004 on BBC Three. Notorious for its dark...
writer. She is known for writing and starring in the BBC Three comedy NightyNight (2004–2005) and the comedies Hunderby (2012–2015) and Camping (2016)...
series, including Fat Friends (2000–2005), Little Britain (2003–2007), NightyNight (2004–2005), Saxondale (2006–2007), and The Street (2009). Jones was...
the television series High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman, La La Land, NightyNight and voiced Max in Counterfeit Cat. Wootton made early television appearances...
Time Gentlemen Please (2000–2002), sketch show Big Train (2002), and NightyNight (2004–2005). Front has also been seen in a number of dramatic roles,...
Stephen Fry and John Bird. In January 2004, he starred in the BBC comedy NightyNight. Deayton had a cameo role as a hotel receptionist in the 2004 film Fat...
Childhood's Rhythms". The New York Times. Cadler, Kate (April 1, 2008). "NightyNight! – Kidcasters Shaping Evening Schedules To Reflect Preschool Bedtime...
Morris). In 2004, Eldon appeared in the BAFTA award-winning dark comedy NightyNight as Terry Tyrrell, husband to Julia Davis' character. They also appeared...
today". The musical members of 8in8 each have different styles and the EP NightyNight was created to reflect each one, with main lyricist Gaiman adapting to...
television series Animaniacs included a spoof of Goodnight Moon named "Nighty-Night Toon." The Goodnight Moon Game, by Briar Patch, is a memory game for...
credited with influencing cringe comedies such as The Inbetweeners, NightyNight and Peep Show. In a 2001 poll by Channel 4, Partridge was voted seventh...
Twenty Twelve, Lovesick, frequent collaborator Julia Davis' dark comedy NightyNight, Jack Dee's Lead Balloon, Steve Coogan's I'm Alan Partridge and Mid Morning...
include the comedy-drama In the Red (BBC Two, 1998), the macabre sitcom NightyNight (BBC Three, 2003), Agatha Christie's Marple as Ronald Hawes in "The Murder...
(1930–2019), It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Never the Twain Julia Davis (born 1966), NightyNight Lucy Davis (born 1973), The Office and The Villains of Valley View Richard...
ECU European Independent Film Festival. Her television credits include NightyNight, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, EastEnders, 'Til Death, Boston Legal, Entourage...
personal assistant in I'm Alan Partridge, and the vicar's wife Sue in NightyNight. In 2006, she took the leading role of housewife and gang queen Barbara...
Barney, roadie to Status Quo, and with Julia Davis in the cult TV sitcom NightyNight as perverted new-age sex therapist Jacques. In 2007, he appeared in the...
credited with influencing cringe comedies such as The Inbetweeners, NightyNight and Peep Show. In 2001 a poll by Channel 4, Partridge was voted seventh...
Street Smarts; NightyNight Ninja – The Penguins of Madagascar". TV Guide. Retrieved May 28, 2012. "Sunday Cable Ratings: NBA Playoffs Win Night, 'Game of...
CD and will only display lyrics on CD-G enabled players. Care Bears Nighty-Night (2005) Care Bears Christmas Eve (2006) Care Bears: Let's Be Friends (2006)...
even smaller roles in French & Saunders, My Family and Other Animals, NightyNight, Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar of Dibley as a speed-date programmer...
Miracles, Moone Boy, Uncle, Red Dwarf, The Mighty Boosh, Marion and Geoff, NightyNight, Camping, Hunderby and Alan Partridge. In 1994, Normal performed a series...
seriously are treated in a humorous or satirical manner, typified by: NightyNight, a TV series about a sociopathic beauty therapist who fakes her husband's...
tree", "stars shining" and "night breezes" are a lullaby, specifically a romantic one of parting lovers: "Say nighty-night and kiss me, just hold me tight...
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