''The Trouble with Maggie Cole'' is a British

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

television series directed by Ben Gregor, and written by Mark Brotherhood. The show's first episode premiered on British television network

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on 4 March 2020. It stars

Dawn French Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, presenter and writer. French is known for writing and starring on the BBC comedy sketch show ''French and Saunders'' with her best friend and comedy partner, Jennifer Saunde ...

in the role of Maggie Cole as well as

Mark Heap Mark Heap (born 13 May 1957) is an English actor and comedian. He is known for his roles in television comedies, including, ''Brass Eye'', ''Big Train'', ''Spaced'', ''Jam (TV series), Jam'', ''Green Wing'', ''Friday Night Dinner'', ''Upstart ...

Julie Hesmondhalgh Julie Claire Hesmondhalgh (born 25 February 1970) is an English actress and narrator. She is known for her role as Hayley Cropper in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' between 1998 and 2014. For this role, she won Best Serial Drama Perfor ...

Vicki Pepperdine Vicki Pepperdine (born 1961) is an English comedy actress and writer. She was nominated for two BAFTA TV Awards for co-writing the BBC sitcom '' Getting On'' (2009–12), and was also nominated for a British Comedy Award for her portrayal of Dr ...

, Patrick Robinson,

Emily Reid Emilie Reid (born September 1997/1998) is a British-American actress. She is known for her roles in the ITV series ''Belgravia'' (2020) and ''The Trouble with Maggie Cole'' (2020). Early life and education Reid is from West London. She attende ...

and

Gwyneth Keyworth Gwyneth Anjuli Keyworth (born 15 September 1990) is a Welsh actress. She was born in Aberystwyth and began acting in a local Welsh language youth theatre group. She went on to appear with the National Youth Theatre. Since graduating from the R ...

Premise

The six-part series takes place in the coastal village of Thurlbury and follows the local

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Maggie Cole (Dawn French). Maggie refers to herself as the "local historian" and runs the local heritage/gift shop, while her husband Peter is the headmaster of the local primary school.

Production and filming

The show was initially planned to be named ''Glass Houses'' while in production in early 2019. Filming for the series took place across

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and

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, primarily in the village of

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. Other locations where filming took place are

Mothecombe Mothecombe is an historic estate in the parish of Holbeton in South Devon, England. The mansion house of the estate is Mothecombe House, a grade I listed building in the Queen Anne style. History The estate of Mothecombe was inherited by John Po ...

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Burgh Island Burgh Island is a tidal island on the coast of South Devon in England near the small seaside village of Bigbury-on-Sea. There are several buildings on the island, the largest being the Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel. The other buildings are three ...

Bigbury-on-Sea Bigbury-on-Sea is a village in the South Hams district on the south coast of Devon, England. It is part of the civil parish of Bigbury which is centred on a small village of that name about a mile inland. Bigbury-on-Sea village is on the coast ...

beach,

Morwellham Quay Morwellham Quay is an historic river port in Devon, England that developed to support the local mines. The port had its peak in the Victorian era and is now run as a tourist attraction and museum. It is the terminus of the Tavistock Canal, and ...

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, and a primary school in

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Cast

as Maggie Cole *

as Peter Cole *

as Jill Wheadon *

as Karen Saxton * Patrick Robinson as Marcus Ormansby *

Phil Dunster Philip James Dunster (born 31 March 1992) is an English actor. He is known for in the Sky One drama '' Strike Back'' (2017–2018), the Channel 4 science fiction series ''Humans'' (2018), the ITV comedy-drama ''The Trouble with Maggie Cole'' ( ...

as Jamie Cole *

as Becka Cole *

Chetna Pandya Chetna Pandya is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Joyce in Channel 4's comedy series 'Feel Good' (2020) and Carol Tomlin in the ITV comedy-drama ''The Trouble with Maggie Cole'' (2020). She also played Coach Singh in the Netflix ...

as Dr. Carol Tomlin * Jamie Talbot as Tommy Jarvis *

as Roxanna Dubiki * Rocco Padden as Josh Roberts * Joe Layton as Neil Roberts *

Lee Boardman Lee Boardman (born 2 July 1972) is an English actor and narrator. He has appeared in the films ''Jack the Giant Slayer'' and ''Love's Kitchen'', and the television series ''Rome''. Career Boardman played Murray Priestman in '' Drop Dead Gorge ...

as Brian Daniels * Hollie Edwin as Sydney Hurst * Laurie Kynaston as Liam Myer *

Kerry Howard Kerry Elizabeth Howard (born 24 March 1982) is an English actress. She played Laura in the BBC Three comedy series ''Him & Her'' and Leanne in '' Witless''. She also appears in BBC Three "Feed My Funny" comedy sketches with Lu Corfield and acte ...

as Kelly Roberts * Tomi May as Emil Dubiki *

Arthur McBain Arthur McBain is a British screen actor and children's author. He played Alex Myer in ITV's ''The Trouble with Maggie Cole'' and Snowy Fleet, in the ABC television series ''Friday On My Mind''. His debut children's book ''In The Dead Of The Night ...

as Alex Myer *

Karen Henthorn Karen Henthorn (born 1963) is a British character actress who portrayed the role of Teresa Bryant in the long-running British soap opera ''Coronation Street''. She appeared in the role briefly in 2007 and became a regular character in 2008. Her ...

as Jenny Myer * Shane Attwooll as Patrick * Ray Strasser-King as Phil

Episodes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trouble with Maggie Cole, The ITV comedy-dramas 2020 British television series debuts 2020s British drama television series English-language television shows