Pillow Talk (The Green Green Grass)

"Pillow Talk"
The Green Green Grass episode
Marlene and Boycie discuss their new life.
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 5
Directed by	Tony Dow
Written by	John Sullivan
Produced by	Gareth Gwenlan
Editing by	Chris Wadsworth
Production code	1:5 (5)
Original air date	7 October 2005
Running time	30 Minutes
Episode chronology

"Pillow Talk" is an episode of the BBC sitcom The Green Green Grass. It was first screened on 7 October 2005, as the fifth episode of the first season of the series.^[1]

Synopsis

Marlene is having sleeping problems, ...I don't like it round here, it's too quiet. Not even that bloody Owl outside is helping her sleeping pattern, but one thing might - and only Boycie can provide that. That is until Boycie believes that Jed could do something different to help Mrs Boyce. Also in this episode, Tyler falls in love with his English teacher but she is having no of it.

Episode cast

Actor	Role
John Challis	Boycie
Sue Holderness	Marlene
Jack Doolan	Tyler
David Ross	Elgin
Ivan Kaye	Bryan
Ella Kenion	Mrs Cakeworthy
Peter Heppelthwaite	Jed
Karen Paullada	Rhian
Lisa Diveney	Beth
Michael Usher	Footballer

Production, broadcast and reception

Writing

This episode was written by John Sullivan, writer of Only Fools and Horses. The whole of the first series was written entirely by John Sullivan.

Broadcast

During its original airing, the episode had a viewing audience of 6.63 million, in the 8:30pm timeslot it was shown. This is the same audiences that sitcoms such as My Family attract.

This episode has since been re-run on BBC1, BBC HD and GOLD. The show received one of the highest ratings of the week making it into the top thirty.

DVD release

The UK DVD was released on 23 October 2006.^[2] The release includes the 2005 Christmas Special, a short special entitled 'Grass Roots' and a short documentary on 'Rocky'.^[3]

Continuity

Tyler attends his first day at his new school, with references made to his old school back in Peckham.
Jed travels down to London for a farmers' convention.
Boycie makes a reference to Trigger in this episode when he tells Tyler about his mates who hadn't got an education just went around sweeping the roads.

Notes

This episode marks the fourth in a story arc spanning several series in the form of the gay bull joke.

References

↑ http://www.comedy.org.uk/schedule/coming_up/
↑ "The Green Green Grass: Series One". Retrieved 28 December 2008.
↑ http://www.play.com

The Green Green Grass

Characters

Boycie

Episodes

Series 1	"Keep On Running" "A Rocky Start" "The Country Wife" "Hay Fever" "Pillow Talk" "Sex and the Country" "One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock"

Series 2	"Testing Times" "Here’s to You, Mrs Boyce" "Bothered and Bewildered" "Mother Earth" "Schoolboy French" "More Questions Than Answers" "Brothers and Sisters" "From Here to Paternity"

Series 3	"But is it Art?" "The Lonely Herdsman" "If You Go Down to the Woods" "Sweet Sorrow" "Fifteen Minutes" "The Final Curtain" "Lust in Translation" "The Special Relationship"

Series 4	"The Path of True Love" "Home Brew" "Calendar Boys" "Animal Instincts" "Your Cheating Art" "The Departed" "I Done It My Way" "One Man's Junk" "For Richer For Poorer"