Behind the Scenes Video 4
February 13, 2009
Costume Designer Rosa Dias discusses finding the look of the characters for Free Agents.
Behind the Scenes Video 3
February 6, 2009
Writer Chris Niel introduces a video blog about the casting process of Free Agents.
Behind the Scenes Video 2
January 29, 2009
As shooting begins on Free Agents our leads discuss the often over looked skill of walking in a straight line on camera.
Behind the Scenes Video 1
January 21, 2009
Filmed throughout production, documentarist, Dan Mudford peels the lid off the making of Free Agents.
About the Show
January 20, 2009
Alex (Stephen Mangan) is a talent agent suffering all the sadness and pain of divorce. In the office opposite him is Helen (Sharon Horgan) a talent agent suffering all the sadness and pain of bereavement. They’re perfect for each other. According to Alex. According to Helen, he has got to be bloody joking. There’s no way she’s having sex with Alex. Again. Not after the last two times they had sex. Absolutely not….
Set in a world where everyone – the agents, the agents’ boss (Anthony Head), the agents’ clients, the agents’ friends and relations and ex-girlfriends and accountants – are all as bizarrely screwed up as Alex and Helen – Free Agents is a dark, poignant comedy. An on-but-mostly-off romance about a couple who might just have a future if they can ever shake off their past(s)….
Rose D’or Nominated Best Situation Comedy 2009.
Episode 1
January 7, 2009
Alex and Helen, two emotionally-traumatised talent agents cope with the aftermath of their drunken one-night stand.
Talent-agent Alex, going through a painful divorce, and his colleague Helen, recently bereaved after the death of her fiancé, have a one-night stand that ends in tears. His tears, not hers. Alex views this unfortunate experience as a perfectly good basis for a long-term relationship. Helen doesn’t….
Next morning they go to work, at the successful and glamorous talent agency CMA, a kind of emotional-casualty-ward where everyone – especially Stephen, their charismatic sex-pest of a boss – is as screwed up as Alex and Helen.
As their working day progresses, Alex doggedly stalks Helen around Soho trying to get her to be his girlfriend. Alex, homeless returns to CMA to spend another night on his office sofa, while Helen heads to the off-licence to pick up supplies for the evening’s binge-drinking.
So by the time Alex shows up uninvited on her doorstep, her cabernet-sauvignon goggles are firmly on, and their one-night-stand quickly becomes a two-night-stand, maybe even more. That is until Alex, missing his kids, repeats his crying-after-sex-trick, and once again all bets are off…
First Played: Friday 13th February, 2009 – 10pm – Channel 4
Free Agents Series Premiere 13/02/09 @ 10pm
October 17, 2008
The Free Agents series premiere is coming to your television on Friday 13th February at 10pm only on Channel 4.
Be sure to check out C4′s website for further replay and 4OD details!