Mouth to Mouth (TV series)
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Mouth to Mouth is a 2009 comedy-drama
Comedy-drama
Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...

 television series written by Karl Minns and broadcast on BBC Three
BBC Three
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. A successful pilot episode of the programme had been broadcast in 2008, starring the same female cast as the full series but no males and with a significantly different story. Each of the six episodes follow a monologue structure (with brief comments from other characters) where each of the main characters describe their life around the same date. As the series progresses the viewer discovers how each of the lives are interwoven. On the surface the script has some fine humorous moments but underlying it deals with some serious issues.

Cast

  • Meeshell Reeves - Anna Nightingale
  • Tyler Cooke - Alex Price
    Alex Price
    Alex Price is a British actor who has appeared in various television programmes including Being Human, Merlin and the sci-fi series Doctor Who.-Television:-Film:-External links:...

  • Luke Sobers - Simon Coombs
  • Devine Bello - Ayesha Antoine
    Ayesha Antoine
    Ayesha Antoine is an English actress. She is known for portraying Rachel Baptiste in Holby City, and Poppy Silver in Grange Hill.-Background:...

  • Rakim Prateek - Shane Zaza
    Shane Zaza
    Shane Zaza is a British actor. He went to Headlands School in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire where he first started acting.-Television work:*Mouth to Mouth*The Bill*Casualty*Dalziel and Pascoe*Doctors*Messiah...

  • Faith - Pippa Duffy
    Pippa Duffy
    Pippa Duffy is an English actress, best known for her role as Faith in Mouth to Mouth. She has also appeared as Zoe in the last two internet episodes of Mid-morning Matters with Alan Partridge.-Television work:-External links:...


Episodes

# Title Tim Dowling
Tim Dowling
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 of The Guardian
The Guardian
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said of the first episode that the "monologue format is a bit stilted but the writing is sharp and at times very funny". Joe Clay in The Times called it "brave thought provoking telly that is also very funny" Matt Bayliss in the Daily Express thought the series; "a modern fairy tale that managed to be both original and still actually work". The Radio Times were also fans, calling it 'beautifully written and splendidly acted...a treat of the kind seldom found on BBC3"
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