Spaced, let me introduce you to the world of..

Listened to an old CD last night - In fact the Spaced series soundtrack CD. I've truly forgot how good this CD is and indeed this old series. A brief description courtesy of the BBC! Happy reading and watchimg!!

London, present day. Tim is an aspiring fantasy-comic graphic artist who has just split up with Sarah, the love of his life. She has rejected Tim in favour of his arch-rival, the smooth Duane. Daisy is an aspiring writer-journalist desperate to leave the squat where she lives; she is also in the final throes of a long-distance relationship with the drippy Richard, who hails from Hull.

Tim and Daisy meet in a café, both poring over accommodation advertisements, and after a few such encounters a friendship develops. When they spot an advert for the perfect flat (23 Meteor Street, Tufnell Park, north London) they decide to overcome the stated snag - the place is offered only to a professional couple - by posing as such, and they successfully take possession, renting the flat from daunting landlady Marsha Klein. She is a scary woman, possessing a penetrating stare and a huge capacity for cigarettes and alcohol.

Renting elsewhere in the house is Brian, an intense artist who seems initially mysterious - even sinister - but is actually pathologically shy, and Marsha's daughter Amber, never seen apart from the occasional leg or departing back. Also on the scene is Mike, Tim's best friend, a weapon-obsessed, former Territorial Army soldier thrown out for stealing a tank; and Twist, Daisy's dipsy best friend, with whom she has nothing in common. Peripheral characters in the story include Bilbo, the owner of the comic shop Fantasy Bazaar, where Tim works, and Tyres, a dance-music-obsessed pushbike messenger.

As the first series progressed so the sexual tension between Tim and Daisy developed, though - with both still smarting from their previous relationships - they remained wary of becoming too involved. Twist unexpectedly started seeing Brian, Mike - to his delight - was accepted back into the TA, and Daisy and Tim took in a dog (Colin), an obvious child substitute. In the second series, Daisy returned from a trip to India to find that Mike had moved into her old room; Tim was in shock (owing to the awfulness of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace) and Brian's artistry was suffering because he had found happiness with Twist. Things soon reverted to normal, though, and when Amber moved out and Mike took over her room he became a permanent housemate. Tim realised his ambition to work for Dark Star comics and entered into a new relationship, much to the chagrin of Daisy who was obviously in love with him.


I urge anyone, if you've never seen Spaced, go out there and buy it. It still makes me laugh as much as it did all them years ago!!