# Dead Man Weds

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British television comedy series

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Dead Man Weds Genre Comedy Written by Dave Spikey Starring Dave Spikey Johnny Vegas Janice Connelly Alan Rothwell Iain McKee Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 6 Production Production company Red Production Company Original release Network ITV Release January 2005 (2005-01) – February 2005 (2005-02)

***Dead Man Weds*** is a six-part comedy series shown on [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)) in [Britain](/source/United_Kingdom) in January and early February 2005, and repeated on [ITV2](/source/ITV2).[1]

The series was written by [Dave Spikey](/source/Dave_Spikey), who played the part of Jerry St Clair in *[Phoenix Nights](/source/Peter_Kay's_Phoenix_Nights)*. It was produced for ITV by the [Red Production Company](/source/Red_Production_Company), and starred Spikey and [Johnny Vegas](/source/Johnny_Vegas).[2]

The series concerns the staff of a fictional [newspaper](/source/Newspaper), *The Fogburrow Advertiser*,[3] 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.[4]

The series was filmed in several locations, including [Castleton](/source/Castleton%2C_Derbyshire) in Derbyshire.[5]

The theme music, also used as incidental music and stings throughout the series, is a version of [Jonathan King](/source/Jonathan_King)'s composition "[It's Good News Week](/source/It's_Good_News_Week)", which was a hit for [Hedgehoppers Anonymous](/source/Hedgehoppers_Anonymous) in 1965.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Thomas, Liz (14 December 2004). ["Spikey draws up painting sitcom | News | The Stage"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180420080657/https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2004/spikey-draws-up-painting-sitcom/). *thestage.co.uk*. Archived from [the original](https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2004/spikey-draws-up-painting-sitcom/) on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Rampton, James (4 January 2005). ["Johnny Vegas: Comedy's big hitter"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/johnny-vegas-comedys-big-hitter-5344989.html). *The Independent*. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Spikey could film sitcom in Adlington"](http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/5828707.Spikey_could_film_sitcom_in_Adlington/?ref=arc). *The Bolton News*. 23 July 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Spikey reads all about it in LEP"](https://www.lep.co.uk/news/spikey-reads-all-about-it-in-lep-1-99528). *Lancashire Evening Post*. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2018.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Mind your language and enjoy a Spikey night"](https://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/mind-your-language-and-enjoy-a-spikey-night-1-3868477). *The Sheffield Telegraph*. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

## External links

- [*Dead Man Weds*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439911/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [*Dead Man Weds*](https://www.comedy.co.uk/sitcom/dead_man_weds/) at [British Comedy Guide](/source/British_Comedy_Guide)

- [Red Production website](http://www.redproductioncompany.com/pastproductions.asp?menuid=55)

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