The Curse Series 1, Episode 2 - Act Normal - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

The Curse. Image shows from L to R: Phil 'The Captain' Pocket (Hugo Chegwin), Albert Fantoni (Allan Mustafa), Natasha (Emer Kenny), Big Mick Neville (Tom Davis)

News of the robbery has spread fast and wide. It's all over the news, all over the world.

Further details

News of the robbery has spread fast and wide. It's all over the news, all over the world. The gang are oblivious at first, as they stash the gold in a hiding place and Clive offers what he calls an 'even split' - Albert and his pals take the few grand in cash that they stole and leave dealing with the gold to Clive and Joey. But Mick suspects that's not actually very even at all...

Meanwhile the police are sniffing around. Detective Saunders, as old school as they come, suggests a synchronised raid on every known armed robber in London but his new colleague Thread has an altogether more modern idea. Puzzled by how the gang got into the warehouse with no sign of forced entry, she suspects an inside job and wants to gather the security guards for a reconstruction.

Sidney quickly caves and gives the police the names they're looking for. Or so they think ...

Broadcast details

Date

Sunday 13th February 2022

Time

10pm

Channel

Channel 4

Length

30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast

Allan Mustafa Albert Fantoni
Steve Stamp Sidney Wilson
Tom Davis Big Mick Neville
Hugo Chegwin Phil 'The Captain' Pocket
Emer Kenny Natasha
Ambreen Razia Detective Thread
Geoff Bell Detective Saunders
Peter Ferdinando Crazy Clive Cornell
Abraham Popoola Joey
Natalie Klamar Candice
Camille Coduri Narrator

Guest cast

Clive Kneller Newspaper Seller
Jim Creighton Newsreader 1
Ali Brice Newsreader 2
Laura Arnaiz Newsreader 3
Jon Culshaw Radio Voices (Voice)

Writing team

Steve Stamp Writer
Jeremy Dyson Script Editor
Allan Mustafa Writer (Additional Material)
Hugo Chegwin Writer (Additional Material)
Tom Davis Writer (Additional Material)
James De Frond Writer (Additional Material)

Production team

James De Frond Director
Richard Webb Producer
James De Frond Executive Producer
Tom Davis Executive Producer
Allan Mustafa Executive Producer
Steve Stamp Executive Producer
Hugo Chegwin Executive Producer
Rhun Francis Line Producer
Andy Harvey Co-producer
Nigel Williams Editor
Anna Sheldrake Production Designer
Kharmel Cochrane Casting Director
Lynsey Moore Costume Designer
Roy Estabrook Director of Photography
Jody Williams Make-up Designer
Marli Wren Composer
Chris Aldom Graphics
Anthony Noone 1st Assistant Director