''Mine All Mine'' is a British television series produced by
Red Production Company
Red Production Company is a British independent television production company owned by StudioCanal.
Background
Red Production Company was formed in 1998 by Nicola Shindler, a television producer who had worked on ''Our Friends in the North'' ...
for
ITV
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ITV
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. It was written by
Russell T Davies
Stephen Russell Davies (born 27 April 1963), better known as Russell T Davies, is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer whose works include '' Queer as Folk'', '' The Second Coming'', ''Casanova'', the 2005 revival of the BBC One scie ...
and starred
Griff Rhys Jones
Griffith Rhys Jones (born 16 November 1953) is a Welsh comedian, writer, actor, and television presenter. He starred in a number of television series with his comedy partner, Mel Smith. Rhys Jones came to national attention in the 1980s for h ...
. The story takes place in
Swansea
Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe).
The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...
,
Wales
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.
Overview
Rhys Jones plays Max Vivaldi, an eccentric taxi driver and family man who has gone through life believing that the land upon which the Welsh city of Swansea was built belonged to an ancestor of his and therefore Swansea technically belongs to him. This was based on the tale of the Welsh pirate
Robert Edwards and his descendants' claim to real estate in
Lower Manhattan
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, New York City.
He is in possession of a document that he claims proves this to be the case, although nobody believes him. When an antiquities expert from
London
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is dispatched to the Vivaldi home to appraise an antique telephone, the document proving Max's inheritance is authenticated as real and thus begins the process of Vivaldi attempting to exercise control over the city that is rightly his.
''Mine All Mine'' consisted of four forty-five-minute episodes and one 90 minute finale. However, this was edited down from a longer six-part version, the full content of which is available on the DVD release. On the commentary track for the DVD, writer
Russell T Davies
Stephen Russell Davies (born 27 April 1963), better known as Russell T Davies, is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer whose works include '' Queer as Folk'', '' The Second Coming'', ''Casanova'', the 2005 revival of the BBC One scie ...
explains that most of episode five was cut to make it the right length for broadcast.
The series aired in the United States on
BBC America
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and in
Asia
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on
BBC Entertainment
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.
References
External links
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Reviewat British Drama.org.uk
2000s British drama television series
2004 British television series debuts
2004 British television series endings
2000s British television miniseries
ITV television dramas
Television shows written by Russell T Davies
Television shows set in Wales
Television series created by Russell T Davies
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