{{Short description|British television comedy series}} {{more citations needed|date=April 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Use British English|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | image_alt = | caption = | alt_name = | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | genre = [[Comedy]] | creator = | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | inspired_by = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | developer = | writer = [[Dave Spikey]] | screenplay = <!-- Only use without |teleplay= --> | teleplay = <!-- Only use without |screenplay= --> | story = | director = | creative_director = | presenter = <!-- Organized by broadcast credit order, with new main cast added to the end of the list --> | starring = [[Dave Spikey]] [[Johnny Vegas]] [[Janice Connelly]] [[Alan Rothwell]] [[Iain McKee]] | judges = <!-- Organized by broadcast credit order, with new main cast added to the end of the list --> | voices = <!-- Organized by broadcast credit order, with new main cast added to the end of the list --> | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | music = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = United Kingdom | language = | num_seasons = <!-- Increment when new seasons begin. Only use without |num_series= --> | num_series = <!-- Increment when new series begin. Only use without |num_seasons= --> | num_episodes = 6 | num_specials = | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = | news_editor = <!-- Content editor or editors of a current affairs/political show such as Newsnight. --> | location = <!-- Nation the series was primarily filmed in, if different from the nation of origin. --> | cinematography = | animator = <!-- Person(s) who served as animators, not animation houses, companies, etc. --> | editor = <!-- Film editors --> | camera = <!-- Either Single-camera or Multi-camera --> | runtime = <!-- Reliable source required --> | company = [[Red Production Company]] | budget = | network = [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] | first_aired = {{Start date|2005|01}} | released = | last_aired = {{End date|2005|02}} | related = <!-- To be used only for remakes, spin-offs, and adaptations --> }} '''''Dead Man Weds''''' is a six-part comedy series shown on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] in January and early February 2005, and repeated on [[ITV2]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thomas|first1=Liz|title=Spikey draws up painting sitcom {{!}} News {{!}} The Stage|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2004/spikey-draws-up-painting-sitcom/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420080657/https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2004/spikey-draws-up-painting-sitcom/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 April 2018|website=thestage.co.uk|accessdate=19 April 2018|date=14 December 2004}}</ref>
The series was written by [[Dave Spikey]], who played the part of Jerry St Clair in ''[[Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights|Phoenix Nights]]''. It was produced for ITV by the [[Red Production Company]], and starred Spikey and [[Johnny Vegas]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rampton|first1=James|title=Johnny Vegas: Comedy's big hitter|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/johnny-vegas-comedys-big-hitter-5344989.html|accessdate=19 April 2018|work=The Independent|date=4 January 2005}}</ref>
The series concerns the staff of a fictional [[newspaper]], ''The Fogburrow Advertiser'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Spikey could film sitcom in Adlington|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/5828707.Spikey_could_film_sitcom_in_Adlington/?ref=arc|accessdate=19 April 2018|work=The Bolton News|date=23 July 2004}}</ref> and the title of the series is a typical example of the paper's front-page headlines; Spikey saw the headline on a newspaper billboard about a man who had apparently died but was resuscitated and then later married. The billboard did not have quote marks around the word dead, which made Spikey laugh and so he developed the sitcom from that headline.<ref>{{cite news|title=Spikey reads all about it in LEP|url=https://www.lep.co.uk/news/spikey-reads-all-about-it-in-lep-1-99528|accessdate=19 April 2018|work=Lancashire Evening Post|date=7 October 2009}}{{Dead link|date=November 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
The series was filmed in several locations, including [[Castleton, Derbyshire|Castleton]] in Derbyshire.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mind your language and enjoy a Spikey night|url=https://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/mind-your-language-and-enjoy-a-spikey-night-1-3868477|accessdate=19 April 2018|work=The Sheffield Telegraph|date=14 October 2011}}</ref>
The theme music, also used as incidental music and stings throughout the series, is a version of [[Jonathan King]]'s composition "[[It's Good News Week]]", which was a hit for [[Hedgehoppers Anonymous]] in 1965.
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0439911|title=Dead Man Weds}} *{{British Comedy Guide|sitcom|dead_man_weds}} *[http://www.redproductioncompany.com/pastproductions.asp?menuid=55 Red Production website]
[[Category:2000s British sitcoms]] [[Category:2005 British television series debuts]] [[Category:2005 British television series endings]] [[Category:ITV sitcoms]] [[Category:Television series by Red Production Company]]
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