Honest (TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Honest
format = Comedy drama
creator = Jack Williams
camera = Rodrigo Gutierrez
written by = James Griffin
Rachel Lang
developer = Greenlit Rights
executive_producer = Jill Green
producer = Eve Gutierrez
starring = Amanda Redman
Sean Pertwee
Matthew McNulty
Eleanor Wyld
Laura Haddock
Danny Webb
Amit Shah
country = United Kingdom
network = ITV
first_aired = 9 January
last_aired = 13 February 2008
language = English
runtime = 50 minutes
num_episodes = 6
num_series = 1
website = http://www.itv.com/honest
imdb_id = 1029892

"Honest" is a British comedy-drama series that aired on ITV in 2008. The series is a remake of the New Zealand series "Outrageous Fortune", written by James Griffin and Rachel Long, that first aired in 2005.

The programme stars Amanda Redman as Lindsay Carter, a mother of four who decides that that her criminal family is going to change its ways after her husband is sent to prison. "Honest" also stars Danny Webb, Sean Pertwee and Camille Coduri.

Production

Lots of the filming was down in Staines, including at the local school, Matthew Arnold

Cast

Main cast

Recurring cast

Broadcast Dates

The first episode aired on Wednesday January 9, 2008 at 21:00. It pulled in an average audience of 6 million viewers, winning the 21:00 slot with a 24% share. [MediaGuardian.co.uk "Honest works hard for ITV figures". 10th January 2008 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/10/tvratings.television] ] However, the second episode figures fell to 4.3 million viewers (17%) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/17/tvnews.tvratings ] , in competition with the second season premiere of Torchwood on the BBC, and the third episode declined further to 3.7 million viewers (15%) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/24/tvratings.television ] . Episode 4 saw an increase of one percentage point from the previous week to 3.9 million viewers (16%) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/31/tvratings.television] . However Episode 5 dropped to 3.2 million viewers, reflecting direct competition with Fabio Capello's debut as England soccer manager on Match of the Day [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/07/tvratings.television] . The final installment saw figures rally by 800,000 to 4 million, an increase of 17% taking second place in the 9pm slot to Channel 4's Grand Designs [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/14/tvratings.channel4] . The figures average at 4.18 million per week.

DVD releases

"Honest" was released on DVD in Region 2 on 18 February 2008.cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Honest-1-Complete-Amanda-Redman/dp/B00106K5IK/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1203174440&sr=8-1|title=Honest - Series 1 - Complete 2007|accessdate=2008-02-16|author=|last=|first=|year=2008|format=|work=|publisher=Amazon.co.uk]

References

External links

*itv.com|id=honest|title="Honest"
*imdb title|id=1029892|title=Honest