Hugh Cecil

Une nuit d'orage, la voiture de Janet et Brad, un couple coincé qui vient de se fiancer, tombe en panne. Obligés de se réfugier dans un mystérieux château, ils vont faire la rencontre de ses occupants pour le moins bizarres, qui se livrent à de bien étranges expériences.

Cette série met en scène les aventures délirantes de quatre jeunes londoniens partageant un appartement : Vvyan, le punk violent et accessoirement étudiant en médecine ; Neil, le hippie ; Rick, l'anarchiste, étudiant en sociologie et Mike, la personne cool, riche et désœuvré.

The Armando Iannucci Shows is a series of eight programmes focused on specific themes relating to human nature and existentialism, around which Iannucci would weave a series of surreal sketches and monologues. Recurring themes in the episodes are the superficiality of modern culture, our problems communicating with each other, the mundane nature of working life and feelings of personal inadequacy and social awkwardness. Several characters also make repeat appearances in the shows, including the East End thug, who solves every problem with threats of violence; Hugh, an old man who delivers surreal monologues about what things were like in the old days; and Iannucci's barber, who is full of nonsensical anecdotes.