Each week, we will be taking an in depth look at some of the best sitcoms and comedy shows from both the UK and the USA.

Today we will be looking at a comedy mini series that was on in 2006 – Man to Man with Dean Learner

About the Show

Summary of Plot

Live from his luxury apartment in London’s glittering East End, Dean Learner (Club owner, Celebrity Manager, Entrepreneur and Publisher of high-class gentleman’s magazines) invites you to meet some of his closest friends, Man to Man.- iMDB

Number of Seasons / Episodes

1 Seasons

Characters:

Richard Ayoade – Dan Learner
Matthew Holness – Amir Chanan
Satu Suominen – self

Trivia

• It was a spin off from the television show Garth Marenghis Darkplace
• First broadcast on Channel 4 on the 20th October 2006
• Holness and Ayoade spent time testing out material in front of a live audience in December 2005
• Bafta Nominated composer Andrew Hewitt, who scored Darkplace, also scored sections of Man to Man.
• An amount of the humour stems from Learner’s dubious business activities and anachronistically androcentric tendencies

Clips

Pising Parts

Man To Man With Dean Leaner: Garth Marenghi’s The Oeuvre