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Man Down

6.6(50)
First Aired:October 18, 2013
Seasons:4 seasons
Episodes:24
Status:Ended

Dan is a childish idiot trapped in an adult’s life, whose world is at near collapse. His girlfriend Naomi is fast running out of patience with his inability to navigate the simplest of life tasks. He has two uniquely dysfunctional friends and a listless teaching career that sees him begrudgingly teach a version of the same lesson every day, inexplicably popular with all but one of the pupils, with his only highlight coming in the form of Miss Lipsey, a head mistress who views Dan with a mixture of pity and despair. To make matters worse, he is tormented daily by his willfully insane father, whose driving motivation in life seems to be to ensure his son is humiliated at every turn.

Cast

Greg Davies

Greg Davies

Dan Davies

Roisin Conaty

Roisin Conaty

Jo

Mike Wozniak

Mike Wozniak

Brian

Jeany Spark

Jeany Spark

Emma

Gwyneth Powell

Gwyneth Powell

Mum

Stephanie Cole

Stephanie Cole

Nesta

Ashley McGuire

Ashley McGuire

Shakira

Seasons

A childish idiot trapped in an adult's body, schoolteacher Dan hates his job, hates his girlfriend-less life and has good reason to fear his dad.

It Never Rains...

E1It Never Rains...

22m7.0

Oct 18, 2013

Dan has lost his trousers and is in danger of losing his girlfriend. He hates his job, his dad is out to get him, his friends can't help him and there's a tailor on the warpath...

Mad Nobby

E2Mad Nobby

22m7.0

Oct 25, 2013

Dan has lost his girlfriend but, with help from his two best friends, he has a plan to get her back involving two bags of mince and a welder called Mad Nobby... what could possibly go wrong?

Desperate Dan

E3Desperate Dan

22m7.0

Nov 1, 2013

Dan, unlike his ex-girlfriend, isn't invited to his niece's birthday party. Desperate to impress her, he manages to persuade the family that he can be trusted with getting the party ready.

Guru

E4Guru

22m7.3

Nov 8, 2013

Brian introduces Dan to a guru with a secret, so unbelievably powerful, that he can only tell it to one person at a time.

Dad's Past

E5Dad's Past

22m7.3

Nov 15, 2013

Although still haunted, literally, by the ghost of his ex girlfriend, Dan ends up unexpectedly preparing for a date, with a little help from Brian. Meanwhile his dad offers him a terrifying insight into his own romantic past.

Space Mission

E6Space Mission

22m7.3

Nov 22, 2013

Brian finds himself nominated for a Small Business Award and Dan must quickly find a tuxedo and a date to impress his ex. There's also unrest at school when the class realise it could be the end of Space Mission.

Concluding that he must change and grow, Dan embarks on a mission of self-improvement ... one that is not an unqualified success.

Perfect Woman

E1Perfect Woman

22m7.5

Jun 1, 2015

Dan is still doing a teaching job that he despises and is being rejected by the girl he believes that will solve everything, Miss Lipsey. Following a chance meeting, Dan goes on a date but things don't g to plan. Brian attempts to connect with his family's pas

Kindness

E2Kindness

22m8.0

Jun 8, 2015

When another teacher and - more importantly - a rival for Miss Lipsey's affections delivers a smash-hit school assembly for Community Week, Dan conspires to top it all with a brilliant one of his own involving his drama class and a war veteran. Meanwhile, Jo is exploring her artistic side, while Nesta favours an upset Brian over her idiotic nephew.

Diversity

E3Diversity

22m8.0

Jun 15, 2015

Dan is sent on a diversity course after his complete lack of political correctness alarms headmistress Miss Lipsey, and decides to make an injured Brian part of his idiotic plans. At the beauty salon, Jo hits on the idea of combining two celebrity looks into one genuinely incredible makeover. Comedy, starring Greg Davies and Roisin Conaty

The Phant

E4The Phant

22m8.0

Jun 22, 2015

After an unwelcome appraisal of his teaching ability, fate conspires to put Dan directly into the path of his childhood nemesis. Jo comes up with a new money-making scheme and Brian is desperate to be published in the local paper.

Dennis

E5Dennis

22m8.0

Jun 29, 2015

When pupil Dennis's uncle who is his sole guardian is hospitalized Dan volunteers to look after him for a weekend to impress Emma. Dan grudgingly accepts Nesta as the second mandatory adult but takes a reluctant Dennis cycling with him rather than hunting with her and recruits Jo and Brian for an adventure game which Dennis finds extremely boring. However the lad is suitably impressed when they end up accidentally attending a criminal's lavish funeral.

The Heath

E6The Heath

22m8.0

Jul 6, 2015

After Jo announces she's marrying a digger-driving rapper from a 'pagan backwater', Dan decides he'll use his best man's speech to impress Miss Lipsey.

At a crossroads in life, Dan struggles with an increasingly fraught work environment and may soon lose the job he despises.

The Heist

E1The Heist

22m7.0

Jul 13, 2016

Dan is at a crossroads in his life. He must do something as he faces a disciplinary and may lose the only thing he has left in life: his teaching job.

The Calling

E2The Calling

22m7.5

Jul 20, 2016

Dan comes face-to-face with his replacement in the classroom, Miss Clarke, and the kids don't take his departure quite the way he hopes.

Big News

E3Big News

22m8.0

Jul 27, 2016

Dan struggles to get his 'news' taken seriously, Brian meets the woman of his dreams, Nesta has a big problem to deal with, and 'Daddy' takes things up a gear with Dan.

The Visa

E4The Visa

22m8.0

Aug 3, 2016

Dan tries to keep his plan to emigrate to the USA moving, but with the complicated issue of a visa to negotiate he knows he needs to draw on all his inner strength.

Adopted

E5Adopted

22m8.0

Aug 10, 2016

Dan shares the shocking news of his adoption with his best mates and embarks on a search for a life that could have been. Brian's children are bored and a trip to the beach with Jo and Dan sounds far more exciting than their father's dull plans. But will Brian take the risk of getting sand in his beloved Renault Scenic and, more to the point, expose his kids to a day out with his ever-irresponsible friends? Cultural awakenings and jeopardy await.

The Party

E6The Party

22m8.0

Aug 17, 2016

Having resigned his teaching post Dan is having a leaving party but it gets cancelled when the venue, Jo's shop, is repossessed whilst Daddy spitefully arranges to take Mum away for the weekend so that she will miss it. Brian has his own bad news but when there is a family crisis Dan and Nesta ally to put Daddy in his place and circumstances contribute to Dan changing his mind about emigration - even in the light of news from Emma.

After quitting his teaching position, disaster-prone child-man Dan becomes a father and desperately tries to embrace his new role as head of a family.

The Home

E1The Home

22m

Oct 25, 2017

Dan's quit his job as a teacher and is applying his unique work ethic to a new profession. With Aunt Nesta and his mum in a retirement village, Dan is on a hunt to find his soon-to-be family a home.

The Bear

E2The Bear

22m

Nov 1, 2017

Dan presents Emma with a perfect vision of a family and embarks on a journey to rediscover a terrible truth about a misremembered friendship.

The Dad Club

E3The Dad Club

22m

Nov 8, 2017

Dan is frustrated by the universal lack of respect for his new status as a father, and decides to join a local dads' club. Desperate to fit in, how far will 'Papa Bear' go to impress the other dads? Brian is worried about his daughter's cultural identity, and Jo adds to his stress with her box of 'things I don't understand'.

The School Trip

E4The School Trip

22m

Nov 15, 2017

Dan takes his Behavioural Unit on a historical school trip with desperate hopes of becoming a 'bright light' his troubled kids can follow.

The Christening

E5The Christening

22m

Nov 22, 2017

Dan can't believe his luck when a health visitor suggests a 'daddy day'. But when his son seems a bit cold towards him, Dan becomes increasingly desperate to establish a bond.

The Hearing

E6The Hearing

22m

Nov 29, 2017

Dan races against the clock to prove his credentials as a dad, but a terrifying figure from his past surfaces to seek revenge.

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Storyline

Dan is a childish idiot trapped in an adult’s life, whose world is at near collapse. His girlfriend Naomi is fast running out of patience with his inability to navigate the simplest of life tasks. He has two uniquely dysfunctional friends and a listless teaching career that sees him begrudgingly teach a version of the same lesson every day, inexplicably popular with all but one of the pupils, with his only highlight coming in the form of Miss Lipsey, a head mistress who views Dan with a mixture of pity and despair. To make matters worse, he is tormented daily by his willfully insane father, whose driving motivation in life seems to be to ensure his son is humiliated at every turn.

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