Calendar Boys

"Calendar Boys" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, The Green Green Grass. It was screened on 22 January 2009, as the third episode of the fourth series.[1]

"Calendar Boys"
The Green Green Grass episode
Bryan and Jed get naked for Marlene.
Episode no.Series 4
Episode 3
Directed byDewi Humphreys
Written byDavid Cantor
Produced byGareth Gwenlan
Production code4:3 (26)
Original air date22 January 2009 (2009-01-22)
Running time30 Minutes

Synopsis

Marlene is bored with life on the farm, so she throws herself into charity work. As a result of her efforts, Boycie realises that a big enough charity donation could get him a knighthood. To raise money Marlene's new found photography skills appear as she creates a calendar called Calendar Boys, based on the popular film Calendar Girls, featuring all the men on the farm including Elgin, Bryan and Jed almost naked, a photoshopped Boycie, and some characters from Only Fools and Horses such as Denzil and Trigger. Tyler and his friends watch the internet release of the calendar, only to find the December picture is him, photoshopped.

Boycie meets an upper class MP, Tristram. Boycie overhears him talking, and, after coming to false conclusions, believes that he can use this new acquaintance to gain himself a knighthood. However, this is not the case. Unbeknown to Boycie, Tristram is bisexual, and is only interested in heterosexual Boycie in a homosexual way, encouraged by a series of misunderstandings.

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
Alan David Llewellyn
Nigel Harrison Ray
Jeremy Clyde Tristram
Victoria Carling Veronica
Samantha Sutherland Sara
Oliver Wood Zac
Edward Hancock Blade
Edward Browning Leon

Production, broadcast and reception

Broadcast

This episode was broadcast on 22 January 2009 at 8:30, on BBC1.

Writer and cast

This episode was written by David Cantor, his first episode of the fourth series. This episode also has the largest cast since From Here to Paternity.

Continuity
  • References to Denzil and Trigger are made after they posed nude for Marlene's calendar.
  • Colin Cakeworthy is made reference to again, posing for Marlene's calendar.
  • Tyler's band, Puddle of Agony, appears again.

Viewership

3.86 million

Notes
  • Sir Tristram's wife is referred to as Lady Veronica – this is probably an error (see forms of address in the United Kingdom). Similarly, if Boycie were knighted, Marlene would become "Lady Boyce", not "Lady Marlene".

References
  1. "New Comedy Series Starting Soon - British Comedy Guide". Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
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