Gone to Seed

Gone to Seed is a British comedy-drama television miniseries written by Tony Grounds. It was produced by Central Independent Television for ITV, and was broadcast between 13 November and 18 December 1992. The series stars Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Warren Clarke, Peter Cook and Sheila Hancock, with Ted Childs serving as executive producer.

Gone to Seed
Genre	Comedy drama
Written by	Tony Grounds
Directed by	Sandy Johnson Nick Laughland
Starring	Alison Steadman Jim Broadbent Warren Clarke Peter Cook Sheila Hancock
Theme music composer	The Gutter Brothers
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer	Ted Childs
Producer	Tim Whitby
Cinematography	Simon Kossoff
Editor	Paul Brown
Running time	50 minutes
Production companies	Central Independent Television Central Films
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	13 November (1992-11-13) – 18 December 1992 (1992-12-18)
Related
Gone to the Dogs

The series is a spiritual successor to Gone to the Dogs, another production for ITV which consists of the same creators and some cast members.

Cast

Main

• Alison Steadman as Hilda Plant
• Jim Broadbent as Monty Plant
• Warren Clarke as Winston Plant
• Peter Cook as Wesley Willis
• Sheila Hancock as Mag Plant

Supporting

• Sheila White as Faith Plant
• Rufus Sewell as Billy Brooker
• Sara Stockbridge as Lucy Lastic
• John Strickland as "Batman" [sic]
• Cliff Parisi as Robin
• Hilda Fenemore as Miss Pringle
• Andy Linden as Big Ron
• Angela May as Suzi Plant
• Natalie May as Sally Plant
• Fred Wood as "Toothy" [sic]

Episodes

The series was broadcast on Friday nights at 8.00pm. Beginning episode 2, characters introduced each episode, appearing pre-credits, giving the audience a brief recap of what occurred in the previous episode, while breaking the fourth wall.

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Episode introduction	Original air date
1	1	"Episode 1"	Sandy Johnson	Tony Grounds	N/A	13 November 1992 (1992-11-13)
2	2	"Episode 2"	Sandy Johnson	Tony Grounds	Wesley and Billy	20 November 1992 (1992-11-20)
3	3	"Episode 3"	Nick Laughland	Tony Grounds	Monty	27 November 1992 (1992-11-27)
4	4	"Episode 4"	Nick Laughland	Tony Grounds	Winston and Lucy	4 December 1992 (1992-12-04)
5	5	"Episode 5"	Sandy Johnson	Tony Grounds	Wesley	11 December 1992 (1992-12-11)
6	6	"Episode 6"	Sandy Johnson	Tony Grounds	Hilda	18 December 1992 (1992-12-18)

Home media

The complete series was originally released in the UK from Central Video on a double VHS set, on 8 February 1993. It was first released on DVD in the United States and Canada (region 1), via BFS Entertainment, on 21 October 2008. In the UK, the series received a DVD release, in a set also containing Gone to the Dogs, on 27 February 2012 via Network.

External links

• Gone to Seed at IMDb
• Gone to Seed at British Comedy Guide