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Freezing (TV series)

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Freezing is a BBC comedy series starring Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern about an otherwise successful couple in their forties who find themselves out of work.

Synopsis

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Matt (Bonneville) is a publisher who has recently lost his job and Elizabeth (McGovern) is an Oscar-nominated American actress who is having a hard time getting work since moving to live with Matt in London.

Freezing was originally a one-off comedy as part of BBC Four's Tight Spot season in February 2007,[1] which then became the first episode of the series when it aired on BBC Two in February 2008.[2]

Freezing is written by James Wood and directed by Simon Curtis.[3]

Cast

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Trivia

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  • Elizabeth McGovern is herself an Oscar-nominated actress who moved to London to live with her husband, Simon Curtis.
  • From 2010 to 2015, McGovern and Bonneville worked together again, co-starring in the successful period drama series Downton Abbey as Robert and Cora Crawley, the Earl and Countess of Grantham.

References

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  1. ^ "Tight Spot". BBC. 16 February 2007.
  2. ^ "Freezing". BBC. 18 February 2008.
  3. ^ "BBC Four Winter/Spring Highlights 2007" (PDF). BBC. 2007.
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