Freezing (TV series)

Freezing is a BBC comedy series starring Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern about an otherwise successful couple in their forties who find themselves out of work. Matt (Bonneville) is a publisher who has recently lost his job and Elizabeth (McGovern) is an Oscar-nominated American actress who is having a hard time getting work since moving to live with Matt in London.

Freezing was originally a one-off comedy as part of BBC Four's Tight Spot season in February 2007 [cite news
url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/02_february/16/tightspot.shtml
author=BBC
title=Tight Spot
date=February 16 2007] , which then became the first episode of the series when it aired on BBC Two in February 2008. [cite news
url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/freezing/
author=BBC
title=Freezing
date=February 18 2008]

Freezing is written by James Wood and directed by Simon Curtis. [cite news
url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/01_january/17/bbcfour_winter_spring2007.pdf
author=BBC
title=BBC Four Winter/Spring Highlights 2007
date=2007]

Trivia

Elizabeth McGovern is herself an Oscar nominated actress who moved to London to live with her husband, Simon Curtis.

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0913385|title=Freezing (2007)
*imdb title|id=1151072|title=Freezing (2008)
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/freezing/ BBC Web Page]
* [http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/tv/freezing/ British Comedy Guide]
* [http://www.thomagination.com/TV/TV_Freezing.htm Freezing reviews] from Tom Hollander Fan Site