The Great Outdoors (UK TV series)

The Great Outdoors
Written by	Kevin Cecil Andy Riley
Directed by	Catherine Morshead
Starring	Ruth Jones Mark Heap Steve Edge Katherine Parkinson Stephen Wight Gwyneth Keyworth Joe Tracini
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Producer(s)	David Peet Paul Schlesinger Alex Walsh-Taylor
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	30mins
Production company(s)	Tidy Productions
Release
Original network	BBC Four BBC HD BBC Two 2011
Picture format	HDTV (1080i) SDTV (576i)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	28 July – 12 August 2010
External links
Production website

The Great Outdoors was a British television sitcom.

The show follows the friendships of a misfit rambling club in Southern England in which patronising group-leader Bob (Mark Heap) becomes embroiled in a battle of wills against new arrival and deputy group-leader Christine (Ruth Jones), who is determined that things should be done her way. She previously lived and rambled in Barnstaple and appears to perhaps be autistic and have an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.

The show comprised three episodes, first airing on Wednesdays between 28 July and 12 August 2010 on BBC Four.

Characters

• Ruth Jones as Christine
• Mark Heap as Bob Stevens
• Steve Edge as Tom
• Katherine Parkinson as Sophie
• Stephen Wight as Joe
• Gwyneth Keyworth as Hazel Stevens
• Joe Tracini as Victor

External links

• The Great Outdoors at BBC Programmes
  
• The Great Outdoors at British Comedy Guide
• The Great Outdoors at the Internet Movie Database