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10:30 pm - 11:55 pm, Saturday, March 14 on BBC Three (23)

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While traveling across London to attend a party to celebrate her parents' 10th wedding anniversary, a thirtysomething single woman is mistaken for a recently divorced stranger's blind date, so decides to spend a chaotic evening with him. However, she has to face the consequences when he realises she is not his intended blind date. Romantic comedy, starring Lake Bell and Simon Pegg


2015 HD subtitles 16x9 audio-description
Comedy Movie/Drama Romance

Cast & Crew

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Lake Bell (Actor) .. Nancy
Simon Pegg (Actor) .. Jack
Olivia Williams (Actor) .. Hilary
Dean-Charles Chapman (Actor) .. Harry
Ophelia Lovibond (Actor) .. Jessica
Sharon Horgan (Actor) .. Elaine
Rory Kinnear (Actor) .. Sean
Ken Stott (Actor) .. Bert
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Actor) .. Katie
Keir Charles (Actor) .. Dom
Robert Wilfort (Actor) .. Ryan
Ben Palmer (Director)

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Did You Know..

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Lake Bell (Actor) .. Nancy
Born: March 24, 1979 in New York
Best Known For: No Strings Attached and In a World.
Early-life: Lake Siegel Bell was born in New York on March 24, 1979 to Robin and Harvey. She attended Rose Bruford College in London, where she had roles in a number of stage productions, including The Seagull and Six Degrees of Separation.
Career: Bell's professional acting career began in 2002 with part in the film Speakeasy and a guest role in two episodes of ER. A year later, she starred alongside Jeff Goldblum in TV movie War Stories and had a recurring role in short-lived comedy drama Miss Match. After playing the character Sally Heep in the final four episodes of The Practice, she reprised the role in spin-off series Boston Legal. Her film credits include Over Her Dead Body (2008), What Happens in Vegas (2008), It's Complicated (2009) and No Strings Attached (2011). In 2013, she directed, wrote, co-produced and starred in In a World… Her other TV credits include Childrens Hospital, How to Make It in America and New Girl.
Quote: 'I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am.'
Trivia: Bell writes a motoring column for The Hollywood Reporter.
Simon Pegg (Actor) .. Jack
Born: February 14, 1970 in Brockworth, Gloucestershire
Best Known For: Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Star Trek.
Early-life: Born Simon John Beckingham in Gloucester on February 14, 1970, to a civil servant and a jazz musician. He took the surname of his stepfather. In 1991, he graduated from Bristol University with a degree in theatre, film and TV - David Walliams was in the year below him. Simon ditched any musical ambitions to follow his alternative dream of becoming a comedian. He started out doing stand-up at various clubs in Bristol before heading for London in 1993.
Career: Pegg quickly gained a fanbase and performed his acclaimed one-man show at major venues in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. His first TV appearance was in 1995's Six Pairs of Pants, followed by Saturday Live and a two-year stint in ITV sitcom Faith in the Future. Other early projects include Big Train and Is It Bill Bailey? He co-wrote cult, award-winning sitcom Spaced with friend Jessica Stevenson. He has since reinforced his standing as one of Britain's leading performers with appearances in Band of Brothers, 24 Hour Party People (2002), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Mission: Impossible III (2006) and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011), Hot Fuzz (2007), Run Fatboy Run (2007), Star Trek (2009) and its sequel Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), Paul (2011) and The World's End (2013).
Quote: 'Comedy has got a lot more self-reflexive in the past 15 years. Our lives are so heavily constructed by the media, how could you not talk about it?'
Trivia: He was the drummer in a band when he was 16.
Olivia Williams (Actor) .. Hilary
Dean-Charles Chapman (Actor) .. Harry
Ophelia Lovibond (Actor) .. Jessica
Sharon Horgan (Actor) .. Elaine
Born: April 04, 1970 in London
Best Known For: Co-writing and starring in sitcom Pulling.
Early-life: Sharon was born in London on April 4, 1970 and moved to Dublin when she was seven. She is one of five siblings and went on to study English at Brunel University. Her first break came in 2001 when she won the BBC New Comedy award for sketch-writing in 2001 with her writing partner Dennis Kelly.
Career: Horgan has carved out a career writing and performing on comedy shows. She has written and starred in Angelo's, Pulling and Dead Boss. She has also appeared in Annually Retentive, Free Agents, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, Little Crackers and Psychobitches.
Quote: 'I love making men cry.'
Trivia: Horgan won a British Comedy Award for Pulling.
Rory Kinnear (Actor) .. Sean
Born: February 17, 1978 in Hammersmith, London
Best Known For: Playing Bill Tanner in the James Bond film series.
Early-life: Rory Michael Kinnear was born on February 17, 1978 in Hammersmith, London to actor Roy Kinnear and actress Carmel Cryan. He attended Tower House School and St Paul's School in London, studied English at Balliol College at the University of Oxford and then trained as an actor at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Career: Kinnear has had a successful acting career on stage, TV and in film. He is well known for playing Bill Tanner in the Daniel Craig era of the James Bond film series and is the youngest actor to have played the character. Kinnear has also voiced Bill Tanner in a number of James Bond video games. His other film credits include Broken (2012) and The Imitation Game (2014). On TV, he has had starring roles in The Long Walk to Finchley, Count Arthur Strong, Lucan and Penny Dreadful. Kinnear's theatre appearances include National Theatre productions, such as The Man of Mode, Othello and The Revenger's Tragedy, as well as The Herd at the Bush Theatre in London and the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.
Quote: 'I get antsy if a year goes by without doing a play. I don't go to the gym, so this is my way of trying to live longer.'
Trivia: He won a Laurence Olivier Award and an Ian Charleson Award for his performance in The Man of Mode.
Ken Stott (Actor) .. Bert
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Actor) .. Katie
Born: July 14, 1985 in London
Early-life: Born in London in 1985 _ both her parents are descended from baronets. She has a younger brother, Jasper, and an older sister, Isobel, who would go on to compose the music for Fleabag. Phoebe realised at eight that she wanted to act and after appearing in various school plays, she won a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she admits she initially struggled with her confidence. After graduating, Phoebe didn't work for two years.
Best Known For: Creating and starring in Fleabag
Career: Her friend Vicky Jones suggested that as they weren't getting parts, they should create their own, and Waller-Bridge began writing plays. She also started winning roles in series including Doctors, Broadchurch and Bad Education, as well as the films Albert Nobbs and The Iron Lady. In 2016, Phoebe wrote and starred in two comedies _ Channel 4's Crashing and BBC Three's Fleabag, which was based on her one-woman play of the same name. Fleabag became a huge critical hit, winning her a Bafta and two Royal Television Society Awards. Since then, Waller-Bridge has made a second series of Fleabag, brought the acclaimed Killing Eve to the small screen and played an outspoken droid in Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Quote: "It feels like, recently, a lot of female anger has been unleashed. Which is exciting for me because I've always found female rage very appealing."
Trivia: She'd never seen a Star Wars film before starring in Solo, and claims she didn't realise that her character was a robot because she didn't know what 'droid' meant.
Keir Charles (Actor) .. Dom
Robert Wilfort (Actor) .. Ryan
Ben Palmer (Director)