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Comedy

Nighty Night

7.7(40)
First Aired:January 6, 2004
Seasons:2 seasons
Episodes:12
Status:Ended

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.

Cast

Julia Davis

Julia Davis

Jill Tyrrell

Rebecca Front

Rebecca Front

Cathy Cole

Angus Deayton

Angus Deayton

Don Cole

Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss

Glenn Bulb

Ralph Brown

Ralph Brown

Jacques

Seasons

Episode One

E1Episode One

29m

Jan 6, 2004

Jill, the owner of a suburban beauty salon, sees her husband’s terminal illness as a fresh start for herself. She immediately falls for new neighbour Don, who moves into the house opposite, with his wheelchair-using wife Cathy.

Episode Two

E2Episode Two

29m

Jan 13, 2004

Jill descends further into Cath and Don's lives by inviting Don around for a dinner of smashed prawns in a milky basket. However her plans are thwarted when Cath turns up for dinner too. Meanwhile, husband Terry continues his attempts to get in touch, but Jill still refuses to speak to him.

Episode Three

E3Episode Three

29m

Jan 20, 2004

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.

Episode Four

E4Episode Four

29m

Jan 27, 2004

Don attempts a reconciliation with Cath but Jill is now firmly established in their home and has no intention of allowing the two to make up. Meanwhile, Terry is released from the hospital and Jill puts him straight into a hospice where he assumes he'll spend the last days of his life.

Episode Five

E5Episode Five

29m

Feb 3, 2004

Cath finally stands up to Jill and throws her out of the house and reveals some interesting news to Jill. Jill goes ahead with Terry's funeral, inviting Cath & Don, however there is one guest Jill did not expect.

Episode Six

E6Episode Six

29m

Feb 10, 2004

Don and Cathy split up. Jill kills Terry, then forces Glenn to kill Gordon the vicar with a poisoned sundae and makes him confess to the police. Then she tells them him they can start a new life- well death together. He eats one of the other poisoned desserts, then gives it to her, saying it's her turn. She tells him she's not really hungry and watches him die. Terry turns out to be alive after all.

Episode One

E1Episode One

30m

Sep 6, 2005

Jill is picking up the pieces of her life after the murders at the end of the last series. She has managed to frame ex-boyfriend Glen for them.

Episode Two

E2Episode Two

30m

Sep 13, 2005

Jill and Linda drive down to Cornwall as Jill goes in search of Cath and Don. On the way, Jill runs over a black woman and discovers that she was going to a job interview at The Trees, the therapy centre where Cath and Don are. Jill decides to take her place at the interview, despite the obvious difference in appearance.

Episode Three

E3Episode Three

30m

Sep 20, 2005

Jill arranges an encounter with Don's girlfriend in an attempt to discourage her, while Cath pursues a relationship with her therapist.

Episode Four

E4Episode Four

30m

Sep 27, 2005

Jill is still pursuing Don, even after finding out that Cathy is pregnant with Don's child, but her attempt to seduce Don is unsuccessful, so she seduces his 12-year-old son instead.

Episode Five

E5Episode Five

30m

Oct 4, 2005

Jill decides that the only way left to infiltrate herself into the Cole household is to emulate Cath's pregnancy, and announces that 12-year-old Bruce is the father. Don responds by going into a persistent state of drunkenness.

Episode Six

E6Episode Six

30m

Oct 11, 2005

Jill's lies are finally catching up with her. The man she framed for her husband's murder, Glen Bulb, escapes from the mental hospital. And Cath is becoming suspicious of Jill's "pregnancy", which is now entering its 11th month.

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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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