Man Down (TV series)


Man Down is a British sitcom first broadcast on 18 October 2013 on Channel 4 and starring Greg Davies as Dan, a man who hates his job as a teacher and who recently broke up with his girlfriend.
Channel 4 commissioned an additional 25-minute Christmas special before the first series aired, and a second series was announced during Davies's live tour "The Back of My Mum's Head", though this was prior to Rik Mayall's death in June 2014. Following Mayall's death, Davies met with Channel 4, to discuss the future of the show. On 28 November 2014, Channel 4 announced that Man Down would return for a second Christmas special on 23 December 2014 with a second series due to follow on 1 June 2015. In October 2015, Channel 4 ordered a third series, which began broadcasting from 13 July 2016. On 8 November 2016 Greg Davies officially confirmed the show's recommission for a fourth series, consisting of 6 episodes which began airing on 25 October 2017.

Cast

Main Cast

The majority of exterior scenes are filmed in and around Watford, Hertfordshire & South Oxhey.
Their local pub is filmed in South Oxhey shops as well as the bakery in an earlier series when Dan buys a massive cake.
The car park scene in s4 e6 is filmed in Cassiobury Park, Watford.
Dan's house exterior filmed in Kendrick Road, Reading. Scenes in both the hospitals and police stations were filmed at Wimbledon Film and TV Studios. The school during the show was Sandhurst School, where Davies used to teach drama and English.
The tailors in episode one was filmed in Farncombe, Surrey.
The exterior of "Bob's Cafe" is the exterior of "The Nile Cafe" on the corner of Nile St and Custance St, London N1.
The Elephant & Castle pub in episode 6 in season 2 is the Elephant & Castle pub, Wheathampsted, Hertfordshire.
The pub filmed in series 4 episode 3 is The Horns, Hampstead Road, Watford.
The church scenes in which Dan attends for butchers funeral and his son christening is filmed in Hanwell, Greater London.

Episodes

Viewing figures from BARB.

Series overview

Series 1 (2013)

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Specials (2013–14)

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Series 2 (2015)

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Series 3 (2016)

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Series 4 (2017)

On 8 November 2016 Greg Davies officially confirmed the renewal of the show for a fourth series consisting of 6 episodes.
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International broadcast

The series premiered in Australia on 12 January 2015 on SBS One.