29th March 2004

Hartswood Films

announce principal casting for new sitcom
"CARRIE AND BARRY"

Neil Morrissey is to be reunited with the production team and the writer who made him a household name in the long-running hit sitcom "Men Behaving Badly". Neil is set to star opposite Claire Rushbrook ("Linda Green", "Family Business") and Mark Williams ("The Fast Show", "Harry Potter") in CARRIE AND BARRY, a brand new sitcom by writer Simon Nye ("Men Behaving Badly", "Hardware"). The series is to be directed by Martin Dennis ("Men Behaving Badly", ""Black Books") and executive produced by Beryl Vertue ("Men Behaving Badly", "Coupling"). The Producer is Sue Vertue ("Coupling", "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme").

Beryl Vertue comments: "I have been wanting to do another project with Simon for some time and CARRIE AND BARRY fits the bill perfectly. Like "Men Behaving Badly", it's raucous, laugh-out-loud funny, and most definitely post-watershed. Simon has written some very funny scripts and created wonderful characters for three extremely talented actors."

CARRIE AND BARRY is a Hartswood Films production for BBC One. The series has been commissioned by BBC One Controller Lorraine Heggessey and Jane Lush, Controller, Entertainment Commissioning. Head of Comedy Mark Freeland is the Executive Producer for the BBC. The series goes into production at the end of May.

For further information please contact:
Anya Noakes, Publicist for Hartswood Films +44 (0) 20 7483 2005


Tickets to the recording of CARRIE AND BARRY will be available on the Standing Room Only website or email them here.