Cast Offs

Cast Offs is a BAFTA-nominated comedy-drama mockumentary that follows a group of six disabled people sent to a remote British Island for a fictional reality show.

Cast Offs
Cast
GenreComedy-drama
Mockumentary
Created byTony Roche
Jack Thorne
Alex Bulmer
Jamie Campbell
Joel Wilson
Alison Walsh
StarringMat Fraser
Sophie Woolley
Kiruna Stamell
Peter Mitchell
Tim Gebbels
Victoria Wright
Opening themeHeavy Load
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producer(s)Judy Counihan
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running timeapprox. 60 minutes
Production company(s)Eleven Film
Release
Original networkChannel 4
Picture formatHDTV 720p
Audio formatSurround
Original release24 November 2009 (2009-11-24) 
present
External links
Website
Production website

The series is made up of six episodes, with each episode concentrating on one of the six characters. It follows each character for the year leading up to them being dropped off on the island (other than Carrie's episode, which followed her time after she left the island) and also the happenings on the island when they are left to fend for themselves.

Characters

  • Dan (Peter Mitchell), sportsman, 26 years old, paraplegic
  • Tom (Tim Gebbels), actor, 39 years old, blind
  • Will (Mat Fraser), political activist, 46 years old, thalidomide-affected
  • Gabriella (Sophie Woolley), mother-to-be, 32 years old, deaf
  • April (Victoria Wright), research scientist, 34 years old, cherubism
  • Carrie (Kiruna Stamell), unemployed, 29 years old, dwarfism

Plot synopsis

References

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