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Susie

Name: Susie
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1984-01-14
Duration: 33 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French

Episode aired Jan 14, 1984
33m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

115

YOUR RATING

Robbie Coltrane in The Comic Strip Presents (1982)

Comedy

In rural England, school teacher Susie Darling is planning to leave her boring husband Martin for lusty mechanic Dave when she meets romantic former pop star Garry Dreadful, who has moved to... Read allIn rural England, school teacher Susie Darling is planning to leave her boring husband Martin for lusty mechanic Dave when she meets romantic former pop star Garry Dreadful, who has moved to the village to start a traditional farm and asks her to live with him.In rural England, school teacher Susie Darling is planning to leave her boring husband Martin for lusty mechanic Dave when she meets romantic former pop star Garry Dreadful, who has moved to the village to start a traditional farm and asks her to live with him.

Director
- Bob Spiers
Writers
- Peter Richardson
- Pete Richens
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

115

YOUR RATING

Director
- Bob Spiers
Writers
- Peter Richardson
- Pete Richens
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Peter Richardson and Dawn French came to blows during filming to such a degree that they ended up physically wrestling.

Quotes
Susie: Yes Lucy?
Lucy Schoolchild: It's not ten past yet
Susie: I must say I'm finding it very hard to relate to you these days, why do you have to be so pernickety all the time?
Lucy Schoolchild: How do you spell pernickety miss?
Susie: F-U-C-K-O-double F, Okay?

Connections
References Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)

User reviews3

Review

Featured review

4/10

Susie

Susie or Far from the Madding Crowd. Susie Darling (Dawn French) is a sexually frustrated village schoolteacher with a dull boring husband called Martin (Adrian Edmondson.)

So Susie skips school early to get a bit of regular nookie with Dave (Nigel Planer.) He still lives in a trailer with his alcoholic mum Lorna (Jennifer Saunders.)

Only Susie's head is turned when a wealthy impulsive, easily bored former pop star Gary (Peter Richardson) buys a nearby mansion. Susie has a quick affair and then dumps both Martin and Dave for a bit of rhythm music.

Unfortunately Gary is not the sticking around kind.

This is the typical uneven episode of The Comic Strip Presents. There are some good ideas here, such as the shallow pop star spending money like water with daft ideas.

The rather insular dull village life where there is a lot of adultery in the back of vans. It was just not that funny.