''Small Potatoes'' is a British sitcom television series written by Richard Pinto and

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, first broadcast on Channel 4 from 1999 to 2001. Starring

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, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Morgan Jones and Omid Djalili, it is set in

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and follows the life of a video rental shop employee, Ed Hewitt, and his friends.

Synopsis

Underachieving twenty-something Ed Hewitt (Tommy Tiernan) has a

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degree, but he works in a video shop in Leytonstone; however, he tries not to descend to the level of his layabout friends and fellow workers.

Episodes

''Small Potatoes'' ran for 13 episodes over two series. *''Sick'' (9 November 1999) *''Sexuality'' (16 November 1999) *''Staff'' (23 November 1999) *''Scrubber'' (30 November 1999) *''Secrets'' (7 December 1999) *''School'' (14 December 1999) *''Alien'' (31 July 2001) *''Jimminy Critic'' (7 August 2001) *''Butch'' (14 August 2001) *''Blackout'' (21 August 2001) *''Unbearable Whiteness of Being'' (29 August 2001) *''Club'' (4 September 2001) *''Sad Max'' (11 September 2001)BFI Film & TV Database
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References

Channel 4 sitcoms 1990s British sitcoms 1999 British television series debuts 2000s British sitcoms 2001 British television series endings Television shows set in London Television series by Hat Trick Productions {{UK-tv-prog-stub