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Nighty Night
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Nighty Night

Tue, Jan 6, 2004
  • Comedy
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

Jill Tyrell is a narcissistic sociopath who manages a beauty parlour alongside her moronic, asthmatic assistant Linda. When Jill learns that her husband has cancer, she uses this fact to manipulate new neighbour Cathy Cole, a wheelchair user with multiple sclerosis whose husband Don, a womanising doctor, Jill has become obsessed with.

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Cast

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  • Julia Davis
    Julia Davis
    as Jill Tyrrell
  • Rebecca Front
    Rebecca Front
    as Cathy Cole
  • Angus Deayton
    Angus Deayton
    as Don Cole
  • Mark Gatiss
    Mark Gatiss
    as Glenn Bulb
  • Ralph Brown
    Ralph Brown
    as Jacques
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Episodes

2 seasons · 12 episodes

Ended · 12 aired
Season 1
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Tue, Jan 6, 2004 · 30m

    Comedy series about the owner of a suburban beauty salon who sees her husband's terminal illness as a fresh start for herself. She immediately falls for a new doctor, who moves into the house opposite, with his wheelchair-using wife.

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Tue, Jan 13, 2004 · 30m

    Jill decides to infiltrate Cath and Don's lives further by inviting Don round for dinner. But her plans for a romantic evening are thwarted when Cath decides to come along as well.

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Tue, Jan 20, 2004 · 30m

    Jill convinces Cath to try to heal her marriage with the Caro Bibbens Celebrating Celibacy programme. Don becomes increasingly frustrated and is eventually thrown out of the house by Cath after she finds a pair of lacy split pants in his pocket.

  • E4
    Episode 4
    Aired · Tue, Jan 27, 2004 · 30m

    Jill moves in with Cath and Don, but things come to a head when Cath returns home to find her showing Don her crab.

  • E5
    Episode 5
    Aired · Tue, Feb 3, 2004 · 30m

    Cath finally stands up to Jill and throws her out of their house. Jill carries on with her husband Terry's funeral, while he remains bored in the hospice. Jill persuades Glenn, her blind date, to pay for the buffet and disco at the wake.

  • E6
    Episode 6
    Aired · Tue, Feb 10, 2004 · 30m

    Having discovered that Glenn is wealthy, Jill moves in with him, pretending to start a new life. But her past finally catches up with her.

Season 2
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Tue, Sep 6, 2005 · 30m

    Jill Tyrell is picking up the pieces following the murders. She's managed to frame ex-boyfriend, Glen Bulb, who is currently being treated at a mental institute. It's not long before Jill's thoughts turn to the whereabouts of Don and Cath Cole, who have decamped to Cornwall in an attempt to start a new life.

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Tue, Sep 13, 2005 · 30m

    Jill has kidnapped asthmatic Linda and driven her to the West Country. The pair get closer to finding Cath and Don Cole when an accident involving another motorist leads them in the direction of Trees Therapy Centre. Much to Cath's horror, Jill has been employed to practise her own brand of therapy. Jill finds that she has yet another woman to compete with for Don's affections.

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Tue, Sep 20, 2005 · 30m

    Jill and Linda park their caravan in Don and Cath's drive. Jill, although disappointed about the presence of Don's girlfriend Natalie, engineers a way of meeting the teenager face to face, and suggests she could become a top model. Cath's opportunity to get closer to Jacques, her therapist, arises when he throws a beach party.

  • E4
    Episode 4
    Aired · Tue, Sep 27, 2005 · 30m

    Glen is happily married to Jill, however, Jill is still happily in lust with Don. Sue 2 brings her new boyfriend, Vicar Arno, to visit Cath, who announces her pregnancy – and much to Jill's horror, Don's impending vasectomy. Jill also meets Cath and Don's youngest son, Bruce.

  • E5
    Episode 5
    Aired · Tue, Oct 4, 2005 · 30m

    Jill continues in her attempts for an alternative route to free herself from Glen Bulb. Following the news that Cath is pregnant with Don's child, Jill decides its time to announce her pregnancy by Cath and Don's 12-year-old son, Bruce. As Cath struggles to accept the news, Don decides the best way to cope is to remain in a permanent state of drunkenness.

  • E6
    Episode 6
    Aired · Tue, Oct 11, 2005 · 30m

    Cath has given birth to a daughter, and Don has plans which don't include staying in the marriage. Jacques and Bluebell are starting to realise that Floella may not be the lady they think she is, and Glen, hell-bent on revenge, is getting closer. How will Jill get herself out of her increasingly dangerous situation?