TV series
Psychoville
Overview
Five strangers receive blackmail notes from an anonymous source, leading them on a dark and surreal journey as their lives unravel, featuring bizarre characters like a man-child, a one-handed clown, and a blind millionaire.
Details
- First air date
- 2009-06-18
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 13 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy, Mystery
- Network
- BBC Two
- Production
- BBC
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Reece Shearsmith as Maureen Sowerbutts / Various Characters
- Steve Pemberton as David Sowerbutts / Various Characters
- Adrian Scarborough as Mr Jolly
- Imelda Staunton as Grace Andrews
- Mark Bonnar as Detective Finney
- Daniel Ings as Kelvin
- Dawn French as Joy Aston
- Daniel Kaluuya as Michael Fry
- David Bamber as Robin
- Lisa Hammond as Kerry
- Maxwell Laird as Snoozy
- Mick Walter as Grumbly
Creators and crew
- Steve Pemberton - Creator
- Reece Shearsmith - Creator
- Jon Plowman - Producer
- Jon Aird - Producer
- Justin Davies - Producer
- Steve Pemberton - Producer
Seasons
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