Outside Edge (1994)

Name: Outside Edge
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Robert Daws, Josie Lawrence, Timothy Spall, Denis Lill

Comedy

Outside Edge is a British sitcom created and written by Richard Harris, based on his eponymous 1979 stage play. Two couples with contrasting attitudes – the uptight and conservative Roger and Miriam Dervish, and the bohemian and adventurous Kevin and Maggie Costello – attend the local Brent Park Cricket Club who meet every Saturday. Other members include lecherous womaniser Dennis Broadley, timid and naive Nigel, snobbish solicitor Alex Harrington, and browbeaten husband and later father Bob Willis, along with a number of others who regularly appear throughout.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (281 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 -0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 3
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1994)

7.27 avg 7 episodes 6.7 → 7.5

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Captain	6.7	19
2	Getting to Know You	7.3	15
3	The Committee Meeting	7.3	13
4	Sex	7.5	12
5	The Team Tea	7.3	11
6	The Night Before Cromer	7.3	13
7	The Match in Cromer	7.5	13

Season 2 (1995)

7.84 avg 7 episodes 8.2 → 8.1

U-shaped

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Blister	8.2	13
2	Discretion	7.8	11
3	Illness	7.6	10
4	The Death of Fred	8.0	11
5	The Barbeque	7.8	11
6	Rain Stopped Play	7.4	9
7	The Club Meeting	8.1	12

Season 3 (1995)

7.31 avg 8 episodes 6.8 → 7.1 51 min avg

Shape drift

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Corfu - OK? Fair Enough	6.8	12
1	The New Pitch	7.9	12
2	The New Player	7.2	11
3	The First Match	7.5	12
4	A Happy Event	7.0	9
5	Lost	7.6	9
6	Match Cancelled?	7.4	9
7	The Blessing	7.1	9

Outside Edge (1994)

Cast

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