There was a time when Simon Pegg wasn't appearing in bad Star Trek films and starring in exceptional sitcoms which he had a big hand in writing - this is Spaced.
Now starting to edge over the ten years old mark, Spaced was a sitcom regarding two strangers (played by Pegg and Jessica Stevenson) who meet in a greasy spoon café, and figure out they both need somewhere to live, despite barely knowing each other. They move into a two bedroom flat owned by the creepy landlady Marsha and then the tales begin.
The two series predominantly feature storylines regarding Pegg and Stevenson's characters - Tim Bisley and Daisy Steiner - but there are other characters heavily featured. Tim's best friend Mike (played by Pegg's good friend Nick Frost who stars in the likes of Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead) is a 'weapons enthuasiast' and plays ...
SPACE 1999
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Here we are again with another memorable sci-fi series from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson whose other 'Hits' included Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds and UFO.
Space 1999 was set on the Moon where a Moon base has been built and nuclear waste from the Earth was stored, but things are not well and soon the nuclear waste explodes blowing the moon out of earths orbit and sets it on a course out of the solar system.
The series then follows the crew left alive the Alpha moon base as the travel around the universe and as they meet many strange aliens and come across other civilizations and weird planets.
The program aired from 1975 - 1977 and actually only lasted for 2 series but with 24 episodes in each series it seemed to go on for a lot longer.
The crew consisted of some well known ...
Advantages: Superb sitcom and brilliantly written Disadvantages: Some of the comedy a bit too 'out there'
UK sitcom Spaced was originally aired on Channel 4 back in 1999 but has recently made a return 10 years later on Dave which has prompted me to review the dvd i bought a few years back but just had to watch again recently. I was probably one of the many people who missed Spaced the first time round but due to the success of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Simon Pegg in general, i was intrigued to watch some of stuff that had previously ignored. Im glad to say i wasnt disapointed!
PLOT -
Tim and Daisy are two twenty somethings who are both looking for a flat in London, they meet by chance in a cafe and agree that it would be very hard to survive on their own let alone be given a flat to rent, therefore they come up with the plan to pretend they are a professional couple to get into rented accomodation. They learn all about each ...
