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Drifters
GenreSitcom
Created byJessica Knappett
Written byJessica Knappett
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Joe Tucker
Lloyd Woolf
Emerald Fennell
Directed bySimon Delaney
Tom Marshall
Al Campbell
Starring
Opening theme"Leeds United" by Amanda Palmer
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producersSimon Wilson
Damon Beesley
Iain Morris
Running time23 minutes
Original release
NetworkE4
Release31 October 2013 (2013-10-31) –
14 November 2016 (2016-11-14)

Drifters is a British sitcom that stars Jessica Knappett, Lydia Rose Bewley and Lauren O'Rourke as three female friends who live in Leeds following their graduation from university. All three actresses had previously appeared together in The Inbetweeners Movie. Four series were broadcast, between 2013 and 2016.

History

The series first aired on E4 on 31 October 2013.[1][2] On 9 May 2014, Channel 4 announced they had ordered a second series of Drifters. The new series began airing on E4 on 23 October 2014 and concluded on 27 November 2014.[3] It began transmission on 23 October 2014, with each episode of the series premièring a week before its initial E4 broadcast on 4oD.[3] On 9 June 2015, Channel 4 announced that a third series had been commissioned.[4] It began broadcasting on 22 October 2015 and finished on 26 November 2015. In March 2016, Knappett confirmed that a fourth series has been commissioned.[5] It began broadcasting on 10 October 2016. In June 2017 Knappett confirmed no more episodes would be made.[6]

Cast

Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1631 October 2013 (2013-10-31)28 November 2013 (2013-11-28)
2623 October 2014 (2014-10-23)27 November 2014 (2014-11-27)
3622 October 2015 (2015-10-22)26 November 2015 (2015-11-26)
4610 October 2016 (2016-10-10)14 November 2016 (2016-11-14)

Series 1 (2013)

Series
No. 		Season
No. 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date Reference
11"Home"[7]Simon DelaneyJessica Knappett31 October 2013 (2013-10-31)[8]
Meg and her cousin Bunny return home to Leeds, having cut short their gap year trip round India. They're greeted at the airport by their best friend Laura but - disaster - also by Meg's stalker-ish ex-boyfriend Mark. As far as Mark's concerned, they're still together. Unsurprisingly the homecoming doesn't run smoothly - and then there's also the small matter of finding a house and finding a job. Surely having got a degree and being now travellers of the world, the perfect life should all fall into place...?
22"Scabies"[9]Simon DelaneyJessica Knappett31 October 2013 (2013-10-31)[10]
Bunny and Laura are amazed when Meg scores a hot date while out on the street promoting a smartphone. Meanwhile, Laura is concerned that she may have a skin disease and Bunny has self-diagnosed depression. But it's not until the girls end up gate-crashing a party that things get really complicated.
33"Work Experience"[11]Simon DelaneyJessica Knappett7 November 2013 (2013-11-07)[12]
Meg is offered an internship at a local radio station 109.2 Pennine Hits, but she is sacked for saying something inappropriate on air. Laura suspects Gary of cheating on her and decides to take drastic action whilst Bunny is feeling ignored and is dreading spending a Saturday alone in the flat.
44"Dry Run"[13]Simon DelaneyJessica Knappett14 November 2013 (2013-11-14)[14]
The girls are appalled when they realise Meg hasn't had sex in nearly a year. At Bunny and Laura's urging she agrees to punch below her weight and pick someone to have sex with who should be grateful - a 'dry run'. And an old university colleague of Bunny's could be the perfect choice. Bunny thinks she's in love with her latest flame Hugh, a much older man, but the other girls don't quite see him that way, whom later informs her that he was her teacher at junior school. Laura is uncharacteristically throwing herself into work, shifting tickets in a "win this car" promotion.
55"Friend Night Stand"Simon DelaneyJessica Knappett21 November 2013 (2013-11-21)[15]
Meg makes a new friend and brings her back to the flat but the others think Ellie may have misunderstood the situation. Laura has just about had it with Gary and a chance encounter in a nightclub leads her to consider other options. Bunny is having a passionate fling with Cillian; is he a crazy free-spirit or just a total knob?
66"Nineties Night"Simon DelaneyJessica Knappett28 November 2013 (2013-11-28)TBA
Mark reinvents himself as a DJ and asks Meg to help out at his 90s Night. Meg agrees out of sympathy, but on the night, she finds herself attracted to Mark and his girlfriend, Fay - who runs the nightclub - walks in on them kissing. She later decides that she doesn't want him back - and Fay doesn't want him either. Whilst trying to raise the rent money by selling their clothes online, Bunny accidentally reveals more than she intended when she agrees to some life modelling work with Laura along for the ride as her "agent". Pat Sharp, the host of 90s TV show Fun House, makes an appearance during the '90s Night.

Series 2 (2014)

Series
No. 		Season
No. 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date Reference
71"Rock N Roll"Tom MarshallJessica Knappett23 October 2014 (2014-10-23)N/A
Meg is traumatised when her parents announce a trial separation and Frank stays at Mark's; they later reconcile. Bunny is having a fling with the banjo player from unsigned folk band The New Harvesters - and tries to join the band. The band throw him and her out and he returns to being an estate agent - which makes Bunny no longer want him. Laura takes care of Gary after she injures him when she hits him with her car.
82"Truth or Dare"Tom MarshallJessica Knappett and Phoebe Waller-Bridge30 October 2014 (2014-10-30)N/A
Meg organises a girls' night in, as they're all broke and single. The night spirals out of control when Laura and Bunny insist they play Truth or Dare?
93"Goole"Tom MarshallJessica Knappett, Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf6 November 2014 (2014-11-06)N/A
Meg realises that everyone she knows is on the new dating app BangR. She travels to Goole to meet a man via the app - and pretends to be local in order to not look desperate. He rejects her when he finds out that she lives in Leeds. Laura finds out that Gary is on BangR - and tells his their relationship is over and they each go on dates at the same time in the same restaurant - and compete with each other to have the better date. They decide to escape through the toilet window in order to avoid paying their bills - and they get back together. Bunny causes herself an allergic reaction in order to spend time with a doctor who rejected her on BangR. The girls quit BangR.
104"Leia"Tom MarshallJessica Knappett13 November 2014 (2014-11-13)N/A
Beautiful, free-spirited Leia arrives. Meg and Bunny know Leia from their trip to India, and everyone thinks she's amazing - except Meg. Leia is a freegan - and the girls go skipping. They later go to an illegal rave, where Meg is arrested for exposing her vulva to policemen who close down the rave. Leia wants a threesome with Mark and Meg, but Meg declines the offer. Leia leaves after being insulted by Meg and having an argument with Laura.
115"Hen Don't"Tom MarshallJessica Knappett20 November 2014 (2014-11-20)N/A
When Gary and Laura arrive at Gary's uncle Nige's wedding, Nige's new young Ukrainian fianceé leaves him for a rich man whom she met on the plane. The wedding is 80% paid for, so Gary and Laura take the opportunity to marry very cheaply by taking the former couple's place. Laura puts Meg in charge of the hen party on the same weekend that she is going for a romantic break with Scott at the same hotel. Laura decides not to marry.
126"Meg's New Job"Tom MarshallJessica Knappett27 November 2014 (2014-11-27)N/A
The three girls start different jobs. Bunny makes online fashion advice videos, but gets into trouble at the jobcentre for doing paid work whilst claiming jobseekers' allowance. Laura works in a nightclub with Malcolm, but she falls over. Meg gets a new job at an international human rights charity, but upsets her boss.

Series 3 (2015)

Series
No. 		Season
No. 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date Reference
131"Roomies"Al CampbellJessica Knappett22 October 2015 (2015-10-22)N/A
Mark decides to move out of the flat, which is great because Meg wants Bunny to move in. Bunny gets a part in a play, which involves a sex scene with a co-star whom she hates. Meg, her parents, Laura and Mark attend the performance of the play. Laura and Gary set out to search for a new flat together, but Laura soon decides that she wants to live with Meg. Meg wrongly assumes that Mark is gay. Mark moves out, taking his possessions with him - and Bunny moves in. Laura no longer wants to move in, because Mark took a lot of things with him.
142"Skint"Al CampbellJessica Knappett29 October 2015 (2015-10-29)N/A
The girls' quit their jobs advertising for a mobile phone company in the High Street - and their finances are at rock bottom. They go to a nightclub with the intention of getting men to buy them drinks. When there's not even enough money for food, Meg goes back to the house of a man she meets in the club to eat food from his fridge. Bunny has a part in a sofa commercial that she believes requires mastery of a regional accent. Laura tries for a job as a waitress at Uncle Sam's Saturday Shack, but the boss doesn't want her. Laura gets the boss in their last jobs to take them all back by her going on a date with him.
153"Vanilla"Al CampbellJessica Knappett5 November 2015 (2015-11-05)N/A
The girls are promoting Intimatez condoms at a stand in the high street when Meg meets an old school friend who's done very well for herself. Re-kindling that friendship brings Meg a opportunity to work for her, but she does very badly at her interview. Gary thinks Laura is vanilla, and he reveals his enthusiasm for MILF porn. Laura tries to roleplay a MILF, but does it badly wrong. Bunny is on the run from her dad having maxed-out her emergency credit card.
164"Hot & Cold"Al CampbellJessica Knappett12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)N/A
Meg finds herself in a fling with a guy whom she nicknames "Hot and Cold". Does she have a boyfriend or just a sex buddy? Bunny thinks she may have found a way in to the glamorous world of the theatre by selling food there, but her efforts to become an actress fail. Laura is furious when Gary takes a job in Glasgow, leaving her alone on her birthday.
175"Plus One"Al CampbellJessica Knappett19 November 2015 (2015-11-19)N/A
Meg desperately needs a plus one for a very important occasion, Laura's patience is stretched thin when Gary's best friend Maggot comes to stay with them, and Bunny takes it upon herself to do Meg a favour.
186"Wedding"Al CampbellJessica Knappett26 November 2015 (2015-11-26)N/A
It's Meg's little brother's wedding day and Meg is determined not to feel bad about being single. And, in any case, she's been given a very important role in the celebrations. Bunny tests her theory that it's easy to pull at weddings, while Laura faces accusations of disloyalty.

Series 4 (2016)

Series
No. 		Season
No. 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date Reference
191"Halloween"Al CampbellJessica Knappett10 October 2016 (2016-10-10)N/A
Laura announces to her hot new colleagues that the girls are having a sexy Halloween house party, but the night doesn’t go to plan.[16]
202"The Third Way"Al CampbellJessica Knappett17 October 2016 (2016-10-17)N/A
Meg is struggling to make a go of it with Andrew, Laura tries to dump Gary, and Bunny becomes a relationship guru.[16]
213"Big Break"Al CampbellJessica Knappett and Emerald Fennell24 October 2016 (2016-10-24)N/A
Bunny is thrilled to get cast in a film with celebrity cage fighter Alex Reid. Laura discovers sick pay, while Meg talks herself onto Bunny's film.[16]
224"Homeless"Al CampbellJessica Knappett and Emerald Fennell31 October 2016 (2016-10-31)N/A
When a plan to make money by renting out the flat goes wrong, the girls find themselves homeless on the weekend of their school reunion.[16]
235"Sober"Al CampbellJessica Knappett7 November 2016 (2016-11-07)N/A
Meg, Laura and Bunny decide to detox for a while. Even better, they sign up for a charity mud-running event, but then along come some distractions...
246"Funeral"Al CampbellJessica Knappett14 November 2016 (2016-11-14)N/A
When Meg and Bunny's Grandma Primrose dies, it's time for Meg to step up, be an adult and organise the funeral for her grieving family.

DVD releases

The first series of Drifters was released on 25 November 2013 by 4DVD despite the sixth episode not being broadcast until 28 November 2013.[17] The second series was released on 8 December 2014 by 4DVD.[18]

References

  1. ^ Jane Simon. "Mirror: Drifters may not match other sitcoms but has a certain crass charm of its own". mirror. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  2. ^ "The independent :What to watch tonight- is Drifters Britain's answer to Girls?". The Independent. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Jessica Knappett's Drifters to return for second series". Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  4. ^ "E4 comedy 'Drifters' to return for a third series".
  5. ^ Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "Drifters float back to E4 : News 2016 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Richard Herring. "Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast: RHLSTP 137 - Jessica Knappett". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  7. ^ "1: Home". E4. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Drifters – Episode 1.1". The British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  9. ^ "2: Scabbies". E4. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  10. ^ "Drifters – Episode 1.2". The British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  11. ^ "3: Work Experience". E4. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Drifters – Episode 1.3". The British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  13. ^ "4: Dry Run". E4. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  14. ^ "Drifters – Episode 1.4". The British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  15. ^ "Drifters – Episode 1.5". The British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  16. ^ a b c d "Drifters - Episode Guide - All 4".
  17. ^ "Drifters [DVD]". Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  18. ^ "Drifters - Series 2 [DVD]". Retrieved 26 October 2014.

External links

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