Rescue Me (British TV series)

2002 British TV series or programme

Rescue Me

Genre| Romantic comedy
Written by| David Nicholls
Starring| Sally Phillips
Theme music composer| Raynard Miner and Carl Smith
Opening theme| "Rescue Me" by Oliver Darley
Ending theme| Reprise
Composer| Matt Dunkley
Country of origin| United Kingdom
Original language| English
No. of series| 1
No. of episodes| 6
Production
Executive producers| Greg Brenman
Gareth Neame
Producer| Christine Langan
Running time| 60 minutes
Production company| Tiger Aspect Productions
Original release
Network| BBC One
Release| 3 March (2002-03-03) –
7 April 2002 (2002-04-07)

Rescue Me is a British romantic comedy television series produced by Tiger Aspect Productions and broadcast on BBC One in 2002. It was created, and principally written, by David Nicholls and stars Sally Phillips as Katie Nash, a woman who is recovering from a divorce while at the same time writing relationship features for Eden, the women's magazine she works on. The series was filmed from November to December 2001.[1] It ran for six episodes, averaging 3.4 million viewers and a 15% audience share in its Sunday night timeslot. The low ratings meant it was not recommissioned for a second series, leaving an unresolved cliffhanger.[2] Nicholls had written four episodes of the unmade second series before discovering Rescue Me had been cancelled. As a result, he took a break from screenwriting to concentrate on his debut novel Starter for Ten.[3] A cover version of "Rescue Me", performed by Oliver Darley, is the series theme tune.[4]

## Cast

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* Sally Phillips as Katie Nash, a feature writer on a magazine.
* Stewart Wright as Eddie Chisholm, the sub-editor who is Katie's shoulder to cry on.
* Oliver Chris as Luke Chatwin, the humorous photographer.
* James Lance as Guy, the magazine art director.
* Eliza Bennett as Natasha Bell, the deputy editor.
* Vincent Regan as Matthew Nash, Katie's husband.
* Sasha Behar as Emma Peters, the editor.
* Andrea Lowe as Melanie Woods, Emma's PA.

## Episodes

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No.| Title| Directed by| Written by| Original release date

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1| "Episode 1"| Kate Dennis| David Nicholls| 3 March 2002 (2002-03-03)
2| "Episode 2"| Kate Dennis| David Nicholls| 10 March 2002 (2002-03-10)
3| "Episode 3"| Kate Dennis| David Nicholls| 17 March 2002 (2002-03-17)
4| "Episode 4"| Julian Holmes| David Nicholls| 24 March 2002 (2002-03-24)
5| "Episode 5"| Julian Holmes| Oliver Brown| 31 March 2002 (2002-03-31)
6| "Episode 6"| Christine Langan| David Nicholls| 7 April 2002 (2002-04-07)

## References

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1. ^ Holmwood, Leigh (1 November 2001). "Heggessey asks Cold Feet producer for new rom-com". Broadcast. EMAP Business. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
2. ^ Deans, Jason (14 May 2002). "BBC axes Rescue Me". Media Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2007.
3. ^ Martin, Will (29 February 2008). "Sally Phillips interview". Last Broadcast. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
4. ^ Staff writer (5 April 2002). "Robbie's rival is back". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. "Gordon will be touring with rising star Oliver Darley, best known for his rendition of Rescue Me, for the hit BBC series of the same name."

## External links

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* Rescue Me at bbc.co.uk
* Rescue Me Archived 20 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Tiger Aspect Productions
* Rescue Me at IMDb

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Works by David Nicholls

Novels|

* Starter for Ten (2003)
* The Understudy (2005)
* One Day (2009)
* Us (2014)
* Sweet Sorrow (2019)
* You Are Here (2024)

Films|

* Simpatico (1999)
* Starter for 10 (film) (2006)
* And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
* Far from the Madding Crowd (2010)
* One Day (2011)
* The 7.39 (2014)

Television series|

* Rescue Me (2002)
* Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008)
* Patrick Melrose (2018)
* One Day (2024)

Musicals|

* Starter for Ten (2024)
* One Day (2026)

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