Sean's Show

Seasons

1992

7.6

Comedian Sean Hughes is plucked from obscurity and trapped in a TV reconstruction of his Muswell Hill flat, where his everyday bumblings are exposed to the gaze of a studio audience

Episode List

S1 • E1

Jelly and Blizzards

Sean insists that he didn't lead a girl on when she leaves him a message, a knock on the door suggests that a prediction about jelly might be true, and a script from Samuel Beckett mentions a date with the girl he loves.

S1 • E2

Badgers

Sean wakes up after a night's drinking to find a woman asleep in his bed, Barry the Pub takes it badly when somebody walks off with his wife, and an agency actress explains that she's been hired to make Susan jealous.

S1 • E3

Autobiography

Sean asks Tony to build a shed when he's told not to smoke in the studio, feelings of loneliness and depression see the Suicide Squad burst in, and six months in America allows time for his note to be turned into a book.

S1 • E4

Greek Holiday

Sean asks Tony to cover for him when he finds something nice in Greece, the stand-in reveals that he's fallen for and wants to marry Susan, and a visiting Italian pen pal starts shooting at anyone who has an Irish accent.

S1 • E5

Gordon

Sean tries to get prepared for the arrival of his long-lost 12-year-old son, reading a diary from 1977 brings back memories of a bad Christmas, and news that his dad is dying means taking a very short trip to the hospital.

S1 • E6

Blind Date

Sean decides to take back control of his life by writing the script himself, a disagreement with a new flatmate demonstrates the power of the pen, and the regular writers sneak into the flat while he's fighting in the pub.

S1 • E7

Disappointed from Dublin

The burglars want their stuff back when Elton Welsby hits a rough patch, Barry the Pub worries that he'll be the next character to be killed off, and moving ahead fifteen years to get over Susan only leads back to Angela.