british television comedy drama prequel sitcom horses set 1960s focuses primarily lives joan played horses plays alongside del boy joan bbc production written horses creator directed produced minute production conceived commissioned premise established final episode shelved horses spin green green grass developed success led prequel recommissioned july filming began october london production broadcast bbc bbc january second watched programme day gained mixed reviews critics plot story starts february setting characters played unhappy marriage work shy father moved year old son shortened friends trigger new town school following increase school leaving age works local cinema trigger aunt cinema manager town hall time filing clerk makes tea convicted thief released returned explosives expert town hall joan asks johnson applying flat new high rise estate told unlikely preference given young children head meet invites house continue drinking meeting joan buying drink realises family dislike return house shows affection joan cinema joan promoted time assistant manager tells safe contains weekends later tells goes round house offer work home told meet pub talk art invites house warming party march joan safe cinema broken ahead party gives use car return unused materials takes father boyfriend run petrol way leaving joan ones party dance admits wanted joan talk art end night sleeping june accompanies joan pregnancy testing clinic boys boys outing providing opportunity journey home tells joan time prison realises cinema tells kelly thinks love joan announces pregnancy pub joan completing housing request form goes fails acknowledge baby housing application successful august september sees view flat new sir moved october november joan baby calls handsome actor surprise closing scene sees joan enter balcony flat arms telling del rich day joan sees balcony tower opposite shows head delight story tells del strained relationship father affection mother affair head del selling goods docks van del attempt dating pam joan advances boss provides introduction production idea prequel sitcom commission announced premise series established final horses episode discovers photograph resemblance confirmed biological father lot laid explored episode frog legacy christmas day hour long special episode goes ask father albert replies rumours rumours proposed prequel titled time young versions del trigger sullivan said key character film birth prequel shelved spin green green grass developed follow secondary characters son tyler escape london mafia attempt live countryside reported january prequel considered following success green green grass april sullivan told mail sunday started writing prequel keen play local criminal biological father production commissioned july bbc announced prequel commissioned minute comedy drama titled produced bbc sullivan production company originally scheduled august filming began october london lasting days played horses play villain art reprise role photograph bad girls play glamorous husband portrayed soldier soldier father play teenage joan son portrayed horses direct announced january production shown january bbc title sullivan said production announced bit insight del turned sic way period beatles mary london place planet staple diet rock salmon chips offer hint glamour expanding basis prequel said important person flat horses seen spirit del beloved mother joan passed away years run series del constantly referred past events family historical information best contradictory worse sic outright lies left situation person knew happened unreliable witness decided return days meet characters heard head pub pilot episode version existing pub maintains horses look style feel drama produced worked horses speaking described essentially love story joan said told thinks best thing speaking casting said villain people seen interview press pack production described villain charming nasty comparing said entirely different far concerned didn want bring fortunately wasn opportunity like chalk cheese speaking day filming schedule great budget told daily_telegraph pleased people said don think going wait months green light thought haven got budget want haven got schedule want going brilliant costume drama needed costume drama budget didn speaking continuing story said production run idea turned series lays john sullivan series september promoting series confirmed return specials christmas died april days final episode broadcast reception overnight figures estimated seen million viewers audience share winning slot itv wild heart dancing ice results second watched programme day dancing ice programme evening final figures showed seen million viewers bbc bbc guardian said missing del boy original fun drama recognising working fits place pretty lame daily_mirror didn find storyline interesting convincing finding performance saying bizarre storyline virtually abandoned main character young best actor engaging played independent said narrative focus blurred pacing lot time ahead drama hanging catch daily_telegraph wasn impressed saying viewer disappointed tuned wanting entertained ocean going said despite plot minutes actually pretty good great perfect production emerged dignity intact said delivered charming performance effectively supporting role choosing suggest del familiar mannerisms opting outright carried difficult task modest writing stage found performances notch praised script class saying comic moments highest quality beautifully crafted narrative times described bright portrayal joan said produced detailed performance better sequel preceded metro praised performances bright saying deserved found period detail clean closed review saying care way decades horses came close cast episode list home media pilot released region dvd april christmas special gold rings released dvd march disc dvd set titled complete collection released comprising episodes
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