History Series / OutsideEdge

* SympatheticAdulterer: Inverted with Bob, who is forever being drawn back to his first wife Helen to pay bills, do odd jobs, mow the lawn etc., much to the fury of his second wife (and previously, lover), Ginnie.

* TheOtherDarrin: Jeremy Nicholas and (Creator/{{Ben Daniels}}) played Bob and Alex in series one, but were replaced by Michael Jayston and Christopher Lang from series two.

* SpoiledBrat: Alex.

* SpecialGuest: Real-life cricketer Godfrey Evans (Roger's hero) appears as himself at the start of series three, opening the team's new pavilion.

* BrilliantButLazy: Roger. He has created the cricket club from scratch, finds it two different grounds, organises every match pretty well but sees food, housework, car maintenance and just about everything else as Miriam's responsibility.

* LaserGuidedKarma: The vain and arrogant Alex, who's obsessed with his looks, gets attacked by Sophie's dog in series three, which ''bites off his nose'', thankfully offscreen. He's only seen from behind or in a ridiculous carnival mask for the remainder of the show.
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Dennis gets himself a smart new silver BMW at the end of series two, only for his vengeful wife Shirley to set fire to it. Alex is also obsessed with his car, telling his girlfriend Sharon "just don't go touching any of my switches".

* LaserGuidedKarma: The vain and arrogant Alex, who's obsessed with his looks, gets attacked by Sophie's dog in series three, which ''bites off his nose", thankfully offscreen. He's only seen from behind or in a ridiculous carnival mask for the remainder of the show.

* LaserGuidedKarma: The vain and arrogant Alex, who's obsessed with his looks, gets attacked by Sophie's dog in series three, which "bites off his nose", thankfully offscreen. He's only seen from behind or in a ridiculous carnival mask for the remainder of the show.

* AdaptationNameChange: Bob was Bob Wiley in the original play but Bob Willis (a real cricketer's name) on TV.

* AdaptationExpansion: The series adapted and considerably expanded upon the original stage play, which centres around a single Saturday afternoon's match at Brent Park cricket club. On TV, we get to see the characters at home, at away matches and in their everyday lives. The storylines from the play are mainly used in series one, with a couple in series two. By the Christmas special series three, all the storylines were created especially for TV. Additional players are also added such as Imran, Nigel, Fred, John the vicar and Clive, plus characters such as Dennis's wife Shirley who was TheGhost in the original play appear onscreen.

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* TheEighties:

''Outside Edge'' (the term actually referring to the edge of a cricket bat furthest away from the batsman) focused on the complicated private lives and marital relationships of Brent Park Cricket Club, an amateur team somewhere in the south of England. It centred around the club captain, Roger Dervish (Robert Daws), a man for whom cricket was a substitute for emotional involvement who saw every match as a literal battle to the death, and his perpetually put-upon wife, Miriam (Creator/{{Brenda Blethyn}}) whose fantastic teas made the club more famous than anything that happened at the wicket. Bullied and taken for granted at the start, Miriam began to come out of her shell under the influence of happy-go-lucky Maggie (Josie Lawrence), whose lazy amateur chef husband Kevin (Creator/{{''Timothy Spall}}) was the club's champion bowler. Despite constantly bickering, Kevin and Maggie had a much happier married life than the Dervishes, with their sole heartache being their inability to have a child. Other team members included middle-aged letch Dennis Broadley, Bob Willis who was forever caught between his first and current wives, and supercilious solicitor Alex Harrington.

''Outside Edge'' (the term actually referring to the edge of a cricket bat furthest away from the batsman) focused on the complicated private lives and marital relationships of Brent Park Cricket Club, an amateur team somewhere in the south of England. It centred around the club captain, Roger Dervish (Robert Daws), a man for whom cricket was a substitute for emotional involvement who saw every match as a literal battle to the death, and his perpetually put-upon wife, Miriam (Creator/{{Brenda Blethyn}}) whose fantastic teas made the club more famous than anything that happened at the wicket. Bullied and taken for granted at the start, Miriam began to come out of her shell under the influence of happy-go-lucky Maggie (Josie Lawrence), whose lazy amateur chef husband Kevin (Timothy Spall) was the club's champion bowler. Despite constantly bickering, Kevin and Maggie had a much happier married life than the Dervishes, with their sole heartache being their inability to have a child. Other team members included middle-aged letch Dennis Broadley, Bob Willis who was forever caught between his first and current wives, and supercilious solicitor Alex Harrington.

''Outside Edge'' (the term actually referring to the edge of a cricket bat furthest away from the batsman) focused on the complicated private lives and marital relationships of Brent Park Cricket Club, an amateur team somewhere in the south of England. It centred around the club captain, Roger Dervish (Robert Daws), a man for whom cricket was a substitute for emotional involvement who saw every match as a literal battle to the death, and his perpetually put-upon wife, Miriam (Creator/{{BrendaBlethyn}}) whose fantastic teas made the club more famous than anything that happened at the wicket. Bullied and taken for granted at the start, Miriam began to come out of her shell under the influence of happy-go-lucky Maggie (Josie Lawrence), whose lazy amateur chef husband Kevin (Timothy Spall) was the club's champion bowler. Despite constantly bickering, Kevin and Maggie had a much happier married life than the Dervishes, with their sole heartache being their inability to have a child. Other team members included middle-aged letch Dennis Broadley, Bob Willis who was forever caught between his first and current wives, and supercilious solicitor Alex Harrington.

''Outside Edge'' (the term actually referring to the edge of a cricket bat furthest away from the batsman) focused on the complicated private lives and marital relationships of Brent Park Cricket Club, an amateur team somewhere in the south of England. It centred around the club captain, Roger Dervish (Robert Daws), a man for whom cricket was a substitute for emotional involvement who saw every match as a literal battle to the death, and his perpetually put-upon wife, Miriam (Brenda Blethyn) whose fantastic teas made the club more famous than anything that happened at the wicket. Bullied and taken for granted at the start, Miriam began to come out of her shell under the influence of happy-go-lucky Maggie (Josie Lawrence), whose lazy amateur chef husband Kevin (Timothy Spall) was the club's champion bowler. Despite constantly bickering, Kevin and Maggie had a much happier married life than the Dervishes, with their sole heartache being their inability to have a child. Other team members included middle-aged letch Dennis Broadley, Bob Willis who was forever caught between his first and current wives, and supercilious solicitor Alex Harrington.

''Outside Edge'' was a British comedy-drama television series produced by Central Independent Television (later Carlton UK Productions) for ITV and aired between 1994 and 1996. It was written by Richard Harris and based on his stage play of the same title, first performed in 1979. The play had previously been filmed in 1982 by London Weekend Television but this article concentrates primarily on the TV series, which expanded upon as well as adapted the original work.

''Outside Edge'' (the term actually referring to the edge of a cricket bat furthest away from the batsman) focused on the complicated private lives and marital relationships of Brent Park Cricket Club, an amateur team somewhere in the south of England. It centred around the club captain, Roger Dervish (Robert Daws), a man for whom cricket was a substitute for emotional involvement who saw every match as a literal battle to the death, and his perpetually put-upon wife, Miriam (Brenda Blethyn). Bullied and taken for granted at the start, Miriam began to come out of her shell under the influence of happy-go-lucky Maggie (Josie Lawrence), whose lazy amateur chef husband Kevin (Timothy Spall) was the club's champion bowler. Despite constantly bickering, Kevin and Maggie had a much happier married life than the Dervishes, with their sole heartache being their inability to have a child. Other team members included middle-aged letch Dennis Broadley, Bob Willis who was forever caught between his first and current wives, and supercilious solicitor Alex Harrington.

The series was filmed around Central's Nottingham heartland, was produced by Paula Burdon and directed by Nick Hurran. It was one of the first British comedy series to be shot single-camera and used filmized videotape. Three series were produced, plus an extended Christmas special in 1995 that saw the team travel to Corfu to play a match there.

''Outside Edge' (the term actually referring to the edge of a cricket bat furthest away from the batsman) focused on the complicated private lives and marital relationships of Brent Park Cricket Club, an amateur team somewhere in the south of England. It centred around the club captain, Roger Dervish (Robert Daws), a man for whom cricket was a substitute for emotional involvement who saw every match as a literal battle to the death, and his perpetually put-upon wife, Miriam (Brenda Blethyn). Bullied and taken for granted at the start, Miriam began to come out of her shell under the influence of happy-go-lucky Maggie (Josie Lawrence), whose lazy amateur chef husband Kevin (Timothy Spall) was the club's champion bowler. Despite constantly bickering, Kevin and Maggie had a much happier married life than the Dervishes, with their sole heartache being their inability to have a child. Other team members included middle-aged letch Dennis Broadley, Bob Willis who was forever caught between his first and current wives, and supercilious solicitor Alex Harrington.

"Outside Edge" (the term actually referring to the edge of a cricket bat furthest away from the batsman) focused on the complicated private lives and marital relationships of Brent Park Cricket Club, an amateur team somewhere in the south of England. It centred around the club captain, Roger Dervish (Robert Daws), a man for whom cricket was a substitute for emotional involvement who saw every match as a literal battle to the death, and his perpetually put-upon wife, Miriam (Brenda Blethyn). Bullied and taken for granted at the start, Miriam began to come out of her shell under the influence of happy-go-lucky Maggie (Josie Lawrence), whose lazy amateur chef husband Kevin (Timothy Spall) was the club's champion bowler. Despite constantly bickering, Kevin and Maggie had a much happier married life than the Dervishes, with their sole heartache being their inability to have a child. Other team members included middle-aged letch Dennis Broadley, Bob Willis who was forever caught between his first and current wives, and supercilious solicitor Alex Harrington.

'Outside Edge' was a British comedy-drama television series produced by Central Independent Television (later Carlton UK Productions) for ITV and aired between 1994 and 1996. It was written by Richard Harris and based on his stage play of the same title, first performed in 1979. The play had previously been filmed in 1982 by London Weekend Television but this article concentrates primarily on the TV series, which expanded upon as well as adapted the original work.

"Outside Edge" was a British comedy-drama television series produced by Central Independent Television (later Carlton UK Productions) for ITV and aired between 1994 and 1996. It was written by Richard Harris and based on his stage play of the same title, first performed in 1979. The play had previously been filmed in 1982 by London Weekend Television but this article concentrates primarily on the TV series, which expanded upon as well as adapted the original work.

"OutsideEdge" was a British comedy-drama television series produced by Central Independent Television (later Carlton UK Productions) for ITV and aired between 1994 and 1996. It was written by Richard Harris and based on his stage play of the same title, first performed in 1979. The play had previously been filmed in 1982 by London Weekend Television but this article concentrates primarily on the TV series, which expanded upon as well as adapted the original work.

"OutsideEdge" (the term actually referring to the edge of a cricket bat furthest away from the batsman) focused on the complicated private lives and marital relationships of Brent Park Cricket Club, an amateur team somewhere in the south of England. It centred around the club captain, Roger Dervish (Robert Daws), a man for whom cricket was a substitute for emotional involvement who saw every match as a literal battle to the death, and his perpetually put-upon wife, Miriam (Brenda Blethyn). Bullied and taken for granted at the start, Miriam began to come out of her shell under the influence of happy-go-lucky Maggie (Josie Lawrence), whose lazy amateur chef husband Kevin (Timothy Spall) was the club's champion bowler. Despite constantly bickering, Kevin and Maggie had a much happier married life than the Dervishes, with their sole heartache being their inability to have a child. Other team members included middle-aged letch Dennis Broadley, Bob Willis who was forever caught between his first and current wives, and supercilious solicitor Alex Harrington.

"Outside Edge" was a British comedy-drama television series produced by Central Independent Television (later Carlton UK Productions) for ITV and aired between 1994 and 1996. It was written by Richard Harris and based on his stage play of the same title, first performed in 1979. The play had previously been filmed in 1982 by London Weekend Television but this article concentrates primarily on the TV series, which expanded upon as well as adapted the original work.

"Outside Edge" (the term actually referring to the edge of a cricket bat furthest away from the batsman) focused on the complicated private lives and marital relationships of Brent Park Cricket Club, an amateur team somewhere in the south of England. It centred around the club captain, Roger Dervish (Robert Daws), a man for whom cricket was a substitute for emotional involvement who saw every match as a literal battle to the death, and his perpetually put-upon wife, Miriam (Brenda Blethyn). Bullied and taken for granted at the start, Miriam began to come out of her shell under the influence of happy-go-lucky Maggie (Josie Lawrence), whose lazy amateur chef husband Kevin (Timothy Spall) was the club's champion bowler. Despite constantly bickering, Kevin and Maggie had a much happier married life than the Dervishes, with their sole heartache being their inability to have a child. Other team members included middle-aged letch Dennis Broadley, Bob Willis who was forever caught between his first and current wives, and supercilious solicitor Alex Harrington.

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