Happiness

30min

Comedy

Danny Spencer is a voice artist who is recently bereaved and having a mid-life crisis. As he continues to voice a kung fu bear he must also deal with his friends, including a high school friend, an old flame, two lazy unemployed no hopers, a 50 something who acts like a 20-year-old and two dance music loving students who work with Danny at the voice studio. But none of this compares to the constant stress of turning 40 and remembering your youth.

Episodes

Cast

Personality Crisis

1. Personality Crisis

30min

20th Mar 2001

Danny Spencer is the voiceover actor for a children's TV program character, Dexter, a kung-fu nurse bear. Danny tries to face up to a personal tragedy after the death of his wife. Instead of grief, however, he is ashamed to find himself feeling a sense of freedom.

I'm Doing It for Me

2. I'm Doing It for Me

30min

27th Mar 2001

Danny tries to halt the ageing process by spending time at the pub, while his ego takes a dent when Dawn French makes a guest appearance on Dexter's show.

Chained to an Idiot

3. Chained to an Idiot

30min

3rd Apr 2001

Danny cannot escape sex; he's not actually having any, but it's everywhere. Terry & Rachel, meanwhile, visit the hospital for her ultrasound scan.

Desperate Dan

4. Desperate Dan

30min

10th Apr 2001

Danny has a dream involving Charlie Higson. Pitying Danny's plight, Bob Geldof sets him up on a blind date.

Celebration

5. Celebration

30min

17th Apr 2001

Dexter the Bear gets nominated for a BAFTA, but Danny has a prior engagement.

Forty

6. Forty

30min

24th Apr 2001

With his 40th birthday looming, Danny gives his first-ever interview to the press, but his nerves cause him to drink too much and become somewhat indiscreet.

First air date

20th Mar 2001

Last air date

18th Feb 2003

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks