The Dog Thrower - Sky Arts Comedy Drama - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

The Dog Thrower. Image shows from L to R: Jonah (Tim Key), Jessica (Kimberley Nixon), The Charismatic Man (Matthew Perry). Copyright: Runaway Fridge

Genre

Comedy Drama

Broadcast

2014

Channel

Sky Arts

Episodes

1

Stars

Tim Key, Matthew Perry, Kimberley Nixon, Richard Bacon and Brett Goldstein

Writer

Jon Ronson

Director

Jon Ronson

Producers

Roopesh Parekh, Olivia Aubry, Piers Fletcher, Lucy Lumsden, Ben Boyer and Stevie Lee

Company

Silent drama following the story of lonely Jonah, whose life changes when he sees an enchanted crowd gathering around charismatic local man in the park as he throws his dog in the air and catches him.

Eager to earn the same popularity, Jonah joins him with his dog, Floppy. However, when a photojournalist snaps one of their performances, disastrous consequences ensue and Jonah sees his new-found fame quickly turn to infamy.

Additional details

Part of

Playhouse Presents

Production

Studio

Picture

Colour

Soundtrack

Score by Belle and Sebastian.

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Thursday 1st May 2014 at 9pm on Sky Arts

Episode length

30 minutes

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