CRASHING

COMEDY

UNITED KINGDOM

2016

CRASHING is a British comedy-drama miniseries commissioned by Channel 4 and produced by Big Talk Productions. The six-part series premiered on January 11, 2016. It was written and created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. CRASHING consists of 6 episodes of 30 minutes.

STORY: Crashing follows the lives of six twenty-somethings who live together as anti-squatters of an abandoned hospital. They must keep the building safe in exchange for cheaper rent and strict regulations. The close personal relationships begin to rub off and the group navigates between the sexual tensions and their personal baggage until they are inevitably evicted.

GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: Sam (Jonathan Bailey) is a sex-obsessed boyfriend of Anthony's until he finds himself increasingly attracted to Fred. Fred Patini (Amit Shah) is officially out and becomes good friends with Sam.

Sam (Jonathan Bailey) & Fred Patini (Amit Shah)

JONATHAN BAILEY (2016) April 25, 1988, Wallingford, UK

AMIT SHAH (2016) April 26, 1981, North London, UK

SPECIAL: The story began as two plays written by Waller-Bridge, which these were developed for television for the production company Big Talk. The show's setting was inspired by Middlesex Hospital, an abandoned hospital in Fitzrovia, near the production company's offices. It was eventually filmed in a disused building of the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel.

AWARDS: ‘CRASHING’: Won 1 BAFTA Award. 2 nominations.

7.7 IMDB

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