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Lead Balloon - Series 1 (2006)
BBC DVD


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Sitcom starring Jack Dee as Rick Spleen, a grumpy misanthropic stand-up comedian whose life is plagued by let downs and embarrassment.


Overview:

Plot Summary:

Rick Spleen (Jack Dee) is a successful but disillusioned stand-up comedian. He spends his days hosting corporate events such as The Heating and Ventilation Awards, arguing with his co-writer Marty and trying to hide his incompetence from Mel, his partner.


Rick is a habitual liar, but as he is not a very good one it is a trait which more often than not lands him in a deep hole... which he invariably then digs himself into even deeper when he piles more flimsy lies on top of the previous ones.


Being out of pocket is something that particularly riles Rick, but with his laid-back daughter Sam and her equally lazy boyfriend Ben always coming up with excuses for needing money, his wallet is rarely full.


Ironically it is Rick's tightfistedness that causes him the biggest financial losses though; eventually he always ends up paying for the damage his lies have caused.

Cast:

In depth cast and character information can be found on the british comedy guide website here:


[url]http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/tv/lead_balloon/characters/[/url]

Links:


IMDb: [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0757084/[/url]


British Comedy Guide: [url]http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/tv/lead_balloon/[/url]


Wiki: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_Balloon[/url]


Episode Information:

Episode 1 - Rubbish
Rick films an advertisement to promoting recycling and is later invited, with Mel, to a christening by one of her clients, leaving them struggling to devise an excuse not to go. Rick and Marty try to write material for a corporate gig which Rick will be doing for a notorious loans company; Rick rejects all the material as dangerously provocative and later has a frustrating time trying to buy a christening present without being ripped off. Michael has devised a new cake recipe and forces Rick to take a sample home, where it is thrown away. A few days later, a series of articles appears in a tabloid, for which a journalist has gone through the contents of Rick's dustbin.


Original Air Date: 4th October 2006

Episode 2 - Wayne
A noisy paperboy (the titular Wayne) is waking Rick early in the mornings, so he ineffectually complains to the newsagent (Vicki Pepperdine). The toaster breaks and Rick takes it back to the shop and lies to the owner (Ewen Macintosh) about when he bought it. He later steals teaspoons from Michael's café to make up for the short supply at home. Rick ends up buying a very expensive new toaster, shamefacedly returning the teaspoons to Michael (who also takes the toaster, presuming Rick bought it to make amends with him), and lying awake all night fretting about being woken up by Wayne.


Original Air Date: 11th October 2006

Episode 3 - £5000
Rick has a fight that leaves him with a cut near his eye. Magda recommends vodka, which proves very painful. Michael is doing a sponsored skip for charity. Rick has sponsored him for £5, not realising that this means £5 per skip, for a predicted thousand skips (hence £5000). Rick tries to back out and ends up offering Michael a flat £500, which Michael refuses. Marty is angry with Rick after a failed TV pitch (which is not shown). Shortly after, Rick 'accidentally' hits Michael with his car. Rick belittles the Community Support Officer investigating the accident, who has Rick arrested by a police officer and detained for a few hours.


Original Air Date: 18th October 2006

Episode 4 - Allergic
Rick does a corporate gig with 70s comedian Bob Fairchild (Ted Robbins). Bob mentions he has a caffeine allergy. Rick takes a dislike to Bob and gives him caffeinated coffee. The next day Rick hears that Bob suddenly died. Rick worries that he inadvertently killed Bob with the coffee, and Marty winds him up. Bob's daughter Fiona, one of Mel's clients, is reportedly devastated. Rick and Marty work on material for a comedy news quiz, and Rick makes Magda pursue a shopping channel for an undelivered free gift. Eventually, the show goes very well and Rick learns how Bob really died. Rick and Marty return home loudly drunk and happy, only to find Mel in the kitchen comforting poor Fiona. Rick is tactless.


Original Air Date: 25th October 2006

Episode 5 - Pistachio
Rick has bought a scooter, "pistachio" in colour (light green). The scooter is the subject of general derision and Rick becomes embarrassed with it. Magda's mother (in her home country) has injured her knee and Magda, believing that she has inherited weak knees, is wallowing in suffering. Rick has an argument with a dry cleaner (Omid Djalili). Rick buys a black leather jacket and later gives it to Magda, who then sells it on eBay. In the final credits, Rick is attempting to paint the scooter black.


Original Air Date: 1st November 2006

Episode 6 - Fatty
After a chat show host comments on Rick's weight Mel and the others agree, and Marty taunts him with doughnuts. An elderly neighbour, Doris, has lost a cat, which Rick finds in his garage as he is heading out to the gym. At the gym, another man comments on Rick's weight. Rick angrily claims that his weight is a side-effect of cancer drugs, whereupon the other man reveals that he has colon cancer. An awkward scene results. Magda returns the cat and gets a £100 reward. Rick takes the money off her and donates it to the man's colon cancer charity. Later, Doris' son comes to Rick's house and makes Rick pay the money back. As Rick closes the door, the son comments on his weight.


Original Air Date: 8th November 2006


=== File Information ===

Filename: Lead.Balloon.S01.DVDRip.XviD-HAGGiS

Average Filesize........:   232 MB

Average Duration ......:  28 Mins

Video Codec .:   XviD

Average Video Bitrate .: 980 Kb/s  

Frame Size....:  640x352 (1.82:1) [=20:11]

Audio Codec..:  0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3

Average Audio Bitrate..: 130 Kb/s VBR


Additional Information:


These are DVDRips not previously available on the box.


For the DVDRips of series 2 kindly uploaded by illman please see the link below:


[url]http://thebox.bz/details.php?id=59765[/url]


Enjoy!


JuiCe


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