9.030 minSeason 2 • Episode 6
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A sitcom set in a small pub in Manchester, “The Grapes”, where daily life is bound up in the issues of love, loneliness, and blocked urinals. Regular drinkers Joe and Duffy pass the time with landlord Ken and his police officer cronies.
Writing
Silences louder than dialogue. Cash and Mealey are criminal geniuses.
Acting
Henshaw's puppy eyes could destroy nations.
Production
The Grapes feels lived-in, sticky, immortal.
Creator
Craig Cash
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in actual Manchester pubs; regulars became extras. The smell of authenticity is basically a character.
Cash and Mealey wrote this after The Royle Family, essentially asking: what if we made something even MORE depressing and somehow MORE funny? They succeeded.
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