Coogan's Run

Series 1

Coogan's Run is a 1995 British anthology comedy programme created by and starring Steve Coogan as a series of odd characters residing in the fictional town of Ottle. The series consists of six self-contained stories, although Coogan's characters from the other episodes make occasional cameo appearances.

Where to Watch Coogan's Run • Series 1

6 Episodes

  • Get Calf
    E1
    Get CalfPaul Calf is a jobless Manchester City fan, whose main goal in life is to get drunk, get off with as many girls as possible, and to fight the local 'poncy students'.
  • Dearth of a Salesman
    E2
    Dearth of a SalesmanGareth Cheeseman's mind is a bomb, nothing can stand in his way. In the coporate jungle he is – truly – a tiger. With only three days of the Microsell '95 conference to clinch the deal that will elevate him to the Diamond club of supersalesman, hard-selling Gareth will do anything – truly – to pull the big one... Believe it.
  • Handyman for All Seasons
    E3
    Handyman for All SeasonsIn the 1960s, local handyman Ernest Moss finds that Ottle is to be turned into a fairground and finds himself being turned on by the locals after Francis Burgoyne sabotages his work.
  • Thursday Night Fever
    E4
    Thursday Night FeverCabaret club entertainer Mike Crystal dreams of having his own night but his boss just seems to avoid giving him a shot. But all that's about to change when Crystal creates a personer, a brash agent to boost his own confidence.
  • Natural Born Quizzers
    E5
    Natural Born QuizzersBrothers Stuart and Guy Crump kidnap their asylum counsellor and policewoman Cathy to recreate the game show Top of the Class in order for them to live out their dreams of winning, after having failed years earlier.
  • The Curator
    E6
    The CuratorTim Fleck is the proud owner of Little Ottle museum, a small establishment holding pistols that may or may not have belong to dreading highwayman Dick Turpin and boasting not one, but three medieval wool groomers. But when his mother dies, the museum is in danger of being turned into a steakhouse. That is, unless, Tim can somehow resurrect the long-dead Dick 'Stand and Deliver' Turpin to save the day.

Cast of Series 1

  • Steve CooganPaul Calf / Pauline Calf / Gareth Cheeseman / Tim Fleck / Ernest Moss / Mike Crystal / Guy Slump

 

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