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BBC

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 sitcom The Green Green Grass

The Green Green Grass

The Green Green Grass is a British sitcom, created and initially written by John Sullivan, produced by Shazam Productions for the BBC. It is a spin-off of the long running sitcom Only Fools and Horses and stars John Challis, Sue Holderness and Jack Doolan...

. It was screened on 15 January 2009, as the second episode of the fourth series.

Synopsis

Whilst searching through the loft, Boycie finds some ancient scrolls and paperwork left behind by the old squire. He also finds a medieval recipe for a traditional local liquor called ‘Ye Potato Cyder’. The recipe is accompanied by a royal charter allowing Boycie to make and sell the liquor. With the help of his staff he goes into full-scale business building a distillery in his barn and buying up all the potatoes in the locality. Unfortunately his success attracts two people he thought he’d never see again.

Episode cast

Actor	Role
John Challis John Challis John Challis is an English actor.-Career:He is probably best known for his role as Terrance Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long running comedy show Only Fools and Horses, and its 2005 spin-off, The Green Green Grass....	Boycie Boycie Terrance Aubrey Boyce best known as Boycie is a fictional character in the popular BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses played by John Challis. His story is continued in the spin off series The Green Green Grass, which began filming in June 2005, in which Boycie and family have fled from a gang of...
Sue Holderness Sue Holderness Sue Holderness is an English actress. Since 1985 she has played the role of Marlene Boyce in the British sitcom Only Fools and Horses and its spin-off The Green Green Grass .-Career:...	Marlene
Jack Doolan Jack Doolan (actor) Jack Doolan is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Tyler Boyce in the BBC sitcom The Green Green Grass alongside John Challis and Sue Holderness...	Tyler
David Ross David Ross (actor) David Ross is an English actor who has worked in theatre, cinema, and television.His best-known roles include playing the first appearance of Kryten and the voice of the Talkie Toaster on the science fiction comedy series Red Dwarf, Elgin on the BBC sitcom The Green Green Grass, and as Mr...	Elgin
Ivan Kaye Ivan Kaye Ivan Kaye is a British actor. He previously played Dr. Johnathon Leroy in a recurrent role in EastEnders, and he played Bryan in The Green Green Grass...	Bryan
Ella Kenion Ella Kenion Ella Kenion is an English comedy actress, known for her versatility in shows such as The Catherine Tate Show, Five's sketch show, Swinging and most recently in BBC4's Fear of Fanny. She's probably best known for her portrayal of Mrs Cakeworthy in The Green Green Grass. She played the role of Julie...	Mrs Cakeworthy
Peter Heppelthwaite	Jed
Alan David Alan David Alan David is a Welsh television actor. Living in London, he is married with two sons.David was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. He has had many television credits ranging from Coronation Street in 1973 to Virtual Murder , Honey for Tea and "The Unquiet Dead", an episode of Doctor Who in 2005...	Llewellyn
Roy Marsden Roy Marsden Roy Marsden is an English actor, who is probably best known for his portrayal of Adam Dalgliesh in the Anglia Television dramatisations of P. D. James's detective novels.- Education :...	Danny Driscoll
Christopher Ryan Christopher Ryan Christopher Ryan is an English actor. Ryan is perhaps best known for his role as Mike "The Cool Person" in the BBC comedy series The Young Ones.-Early life:...	Tony Driscoll

Writing

This episode was written by John Sullivan

John Sullivan (writer)

John Richard Thomas Sullivan OBE was an English television scriptwriter responsible for several popular British sitcoms, including Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith and Just Good Friends....

. On-screen credits state that this episode is written by John Sullivan alone however the official website and BBC Press Office state that writer Keith Lindsay co-wrote this episode.

Broadcast and reception

During its original airing, the episode had a viewing figure of 4.02 million, in the 8:30pm time slot it was shown. This episode is only the second episode to be aired on a Thursday evening. This episode was simulcast on BBC HD

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DVD release

The UK DVD

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 release has not yet been released. It is expected to be released late 2010. It is also expected to consist of all nine episodes

Continuity

• The Driscoll Brothers return for the first time since ‘’’Brothers and Sisters
  Brothers and Sisters (The Green Green Grass)
  Brothers and Sisters is an episode of the BBC sitcom, The Green Green Grass. It was first screened on 27 October 2006, as the seventh episode of series two. -Synopsis:...
  
  ’’’ (2006).
• The Driscoll Brothers make their fourth ever television appearance.
• The hidden object buried in ‘’’Brothers and Sisters
  Brothers and Sisters (The Green Green Grass)
  Brothers and Sisters is an episode of the BBC sitcom, The Green Green Grass. It was first screened on 27 October 2006, as the seventh episode of series two. -Synopsis:...
  
  ’’’ (2006) is revealed.
• Mrs Cakeworthy makes reference to The Driscoll Brothers tying her up in the barn.
• A reference is made to Petunia, Marlene’s sister, last seen in ‘’’Brothers and Sisters
  Brothers and Sisters (The Green Green Grass)
  Brothers and Sisters is an episode of the BBC sitcom, The Green Green Grass. It was first screened on 27 October 2006, as the seventh episode of series two. -Synopsis:...
  
  ’’’ (2006).

Locations

• This episode features almost entirely within the Boyce’s home – one of few episodes to be like this.