Sex and the Country

"Sex and the Country" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, The Green Green Grass. It was first screened on 14 October 2005, as the sixth episode of series one.[1]

"Sex and the Country"
The Green Green Grass episode
Boycie and Tyler's teacher
Episode no.Series 1
Episode 6
Directed byTony Dow
Written byJohn Sullivan
Produced byGareth Gwenlan
Editing byChris Wadsworth
Production code1:6 (6)
Original air date14 October 2005
Running time30 Minutes

Synopsis

Tyler approaches his English teacher and asks for a date. She declines, saying your education comes first. But this does not stop Tyler buying her a box of make up, which leads to his parents thinking he likes to dress up as a woman. In the end, Tyler makes it clear that it was a present for his teacher, which then heats things up as Marlene wants to give the English teacher what for. Boycie goes to see her instead, and she makes it clear that she is not interested in Tyler, as she only likes older men. She is about to seduce Boycie (thus revealing a weakness in Boycie that was not shown in Only Fools and Horses), when her father Llewellyn stumbles in on the two of them.

Meanwhile, Elgin, Bryan, Jed and Mrs Cakeworthy concoct a potion for Rocky the bull, to make him more attracted to the female sex. Marlene then assumes it would make Boycie more sexually driven if he was to take a sip, so without him knowing she slips some in his coffee – but, what she does not know is that she gave him a different potion, and that Boycie has been drinking the same potion that the cows use to increase the size of their udders.

Episode cast

Actor Role
John Challis Boycie
Sue Holderness Marlene
Jack Doolan Tyler
David Ross Elgin
Ivan Kaye Bryan
Ella Kenion Mrs Cakeworthy
Peter Heppelthwaite Jed
Alan David Llewellyn
Karen Paullada Rhian
Lisa Diveney Beth

Production, broadcast and reception

This episode was written by John Sullivan, writer of Only Fools and Horses. The whole of the first series was written entirely by John Sullivan. During its original airing, the episode had a viewing audience of 6.40 million, in the 8:30pm timeslot it was shown. This is the same audiences that sitcoms such as My Family attract. This episode has since been re-run on BBC1, BBC HD and GOLD. The show received one of the highest ratings of the week making it into the top thirty. The UK DVD release was released on 23 October 2006.[2] The release includes the 2005 Christmas Special, a short special entitled 'Grass Roots' and a short documentary on 'Rocky'.

Notes

  • This episode marks the fifth in a story arc spanning several series in the form of the gay bull joke.

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 2015-12-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "The Green Green Grass: Series One". Retrieved 28 December 2008.
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