| Nighty Night | |
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| Genre | Sitcom Dark comedy Comedy-drama Surreal humour Horror |
| Created by | Julia Davis |
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| 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 |
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| Executive producers | Henry Normal Steve Coogan |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Baby Cow Productions |
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| Network | BBC Three |
| Release | 6 January 2004 – 11 October 2005 |
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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