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Oriane Messina

Born January 20, 1971 · North London, England, UK (age 55)

Oriane Messina is one half of comedy double act Messina and Rusling, Oriane has written on a wide variety of TV and radio shows including the Bafta award-winning Green Wing and Emmy award-winning Smack the Pony. She has also written and performed in three series of Radio 4's Bearded Ladies and will be heard next on Meanwhile With The Bearded Ladies, a sitcom staring Mark Addy with a special appear…

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Jane EyreJane Eyre · 1996
Jane Eyre
★ 6.91996
MovieDramaRomance
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Death in ParadiseDeath in Paradise · 2011
Death in Paradise
★ 7.42011
SeriesComedyCrime
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.
Not Going OutNot Going Out · 2006
Not Going Out
★ 7.52006
SeriesComedy
Lee is a childish northerner who lives in a fancy penthouse apartment in London who goes through a variety of jobs such as a janitor and ice cream man, as well as attempting relationships with female flatmates. His best mate, Daily Mail reading, middle-class citizen Tim is always there to stop Lee from getting in trouble, or not? Mayhem is never far away with cleaner Barbara who has never done an honest day's work in her life.
BreedersBreeders · 2020
Breeders
★ 6.82020
SeriesComedy
Exposing the parental-paradox that it is possible, in the very same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there.
TryingTrying · 2020
Trying
★ 7.62020
SeriesComedy
All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can't have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they're ready to be parents?
CuckooCuckoo · 2012
Cuckoo
★ 6.72012
SeriesComedyDrama
Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is the over-protective father of a girl who's impulsively married an American hippie on her gap year.
The InbetweenersThe Inbetweeners · 2008
The Inbetweeners
★ 7.72008
SeriesComedy
Suburban teenage friends Will, Simon, Jay and Neil, students at Rudge Park Comprehensive, attempt to navigate the social scene, attract members of the gentler sex, and saunter amongst the cool crowd. However, despite their best efforts, the four hapless lads usually end up on the side of the nerds.
My Parents Are AliensMy Parents Are Aliens · 1999
My Parents Are Aliens
★ 6.71999
SeriesFamilyComedy
Young orphans, Mel, Josh and Lucy, can't believe their luck when they are fostered together under one roof. But just when it looks like they have the chance of a relatively normal life, they discover their new parents are aliens from planet Valux!

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CampusCampus · 2011
Campus
★ 6.22011
SeriesComedy
Campus is a semi-improvised British sitcom created by Robert Harley, James Henry, Oriane Messina, Gary Parker, Victoria Pile, Richard Preddy, Fay Rusling, and Christian Sandino-Taylor, with Pile acting as co-writer, producer, and director. At the fictitious Kirke University, the lives of the staff are explored, particularly the power-crazed and callous vice chancellor Jonty de Wolfe, lazy womanising English literature professor Matt Beer, and newly promoted senior mathematics lecturer Imogen Moffat. The series was initially broadcast as a pilot on Channel 4 on 6 November 2009, part of the Comedy Showcase season of comedy pilots. A full series commenced on 5 April 2011, with the first episode being a reshot and expanded pilot. Many critics claimed it was too similar to Green Wing and that much of the humour was offensive. However, others praised the dark humour and surrealism. It was ultimately cancelled after one series due to poor ratings.

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