Landscapers - Sky Atlantic Comedy Drama - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Landscapers. Image shows from L to R: Susan (Olivia Colman), Christopher (David Thewlis)

Genre

Comedy Drama

Broadcast

2021

Channel

Sky Atlantic

Episodes

4 (1 series)

Creator

Ed Sinclair

Stars

Olivia Colman, David Thewlis, Kate O'Flynn, Dipo Ola, Daniel Rigby, Samuel Anderson, Felicity Montagu and David Hayman

Writers

Ed Sinclair, Will Sharpe, Jessica Hill, Pelumi Akinyemi and Darrell Ennis-Gayle

Director

Will Sharpe

Producers

Katie Carpenter, Serena Thompson, Jane Featherstone, Chris Fry, Ed Sinclair, Olivia Colman, Will Sharpe and Harry Munday

Companies

"An exhilarating and darkly funny exploration of love and fantasy."

Inspired by real events, Landscapers tells a unique love story involving a seemingly ordinary couple who become the focus of an extraordinary investigation when a couple of dead bodies are discovered in the back garden of a house in Nottingham.

Mild-mannered husband and wife Susan and Christopher Edwards have been on the run from reality for over 15 years. When Christopher makes a startling call home to his step-mother, their role in a terrible crime that remained undiscovered for over a decade begins to emerge into the light. As their relationship is subjected to the glare of a full police investigation, the devoted couple are separated for the first time in their marriage.

As the investigation moves forward, inspired by Susan's obsession with old Westerns and classic cinema, the fantasists cast themselves as Hollywood heroes in narratives of their own invention. Powered by Susan's extraordinary imagination, Susan and Chris's fantasy world provides a much needed sanctuary from real-world horrors and their own clawing guilt, but also threatens to undo them completely.

Additional details

Production

Location

Camera set-up

Single camera

Picture

Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Tuesday 7th December 2021 at 9pm on Sky Atlantic

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