History Series / MadDogs

''Mad Dogs'' (2011-13) is a British dramedy in which four old college friends, played by [[JohnSimm The Master]], [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Gene Hunt]], [[Series/Hustle Danny Blue]] and [[Series/HotelBabylon Charlie Edwards]] reunite with the newly successful fifth member of their gang, Alvo, at his new villa in Mallorca. Things take a dark turn when Alvo steals a "friend's" boat, dragging his friends into his own vengeance.

''Mad Dogs'' (2011-13) is a British dramedy in which four old college friends, played by [[JohnSimm The Master]], [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Gene Hunt]], [[Series/HUSTLE Danny Blue]] and [[Series/HotelBabylon Charlie Edwards]] reunite with the newly successful fifth member of their gang, Alvo, at his new villa in Mallorca. Things take a dark turn when Alvo steals a "friend's" boat, dragging his friends into his own vengeance.

''Mad Dogs'' (2011-13) is a British dramedy in which four old college friends, played by [[JohnSimm The Master]], [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Gene Hunt]], [[Series/Hustle Danny Blue]] and [[Series/Hotel Babylon Charlie Edwards]] reunite with the newly successful fifth member of their gang, Alvo, at his new villa in Mallorca. Things take a dark turn when Alvo steals a "friend's" boat, dragging his friends into his own vengeance.

''Mad Dogs'' (2011-13) is a British dramedy in which four old college friends, played by [[JohnSimm The Master]], [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Gene Hunt]], [[Discworld/{{Hogfather}} Teatime]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the guy from the adverts]] reunite with the newly successful fifth member of their gang, Alvo, at his new villa in Mallorca. Things take a dark turn when Alvo steals a "friend's" boat, dragging his friends into his own vengeance.

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maddogsashore.jpg A holiday [[StealthPun to die]] for.]]

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->''"Some things the police cannot protect you from."''
-->-- '''Maria'''

* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: Quinn is dead and the group is torn apart. Although with Season 2 it has been shown the other guys went back for Quinn and now have accidently ended up in more trouble in Ibiza.]]

Mad Dogs (2011-13) is a British dramedy in which four old college friends, played by [[JohnSimm The Master]], [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Gene Hunt]], [[Discworld/{{Hogfather}} Teatime]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the guy from the adverts]] reunite with the newly successful fifth member of their gang, Alvo, at his new villa in Mallorca. Things take a dark turn when Alvo steals a "friend's" boat, dragging his friends into his own vengeance.

Tensions build as the FourPhilosophyEnsemble are caught in the middle of a nightmare of murder, drugs and corruption and the difficult pasts and conflicting opinions threaten to tear the group apart.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: The Catholic Church and Santería imagery in Series 2. The guys hide money in a statue of the Virgin Mary, and the old woman protects the guys by painting them in a wide circle of goats blood. As Quinn steps out of the circle, things take a turn for the worse. And don't get started on the shrunken heads...

Mad Dogs (2011-) is a British dramedy in which four old college friends, played by [[JohnSimm The Master]], [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Gene Hunt]], [[Discworld/{{Hogfather}} Teatime]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the guy from the adverts]] reunite with the newly successful fifth member of their gang, Alvo, at his new villa in Mallorca. Things take a dark turn when Alvo steals a "friend's" boat, dragging his friends into his own vengeance.

** And ''again'' in the finale. [[spoiler: He accidentaly shoots Carmen in the face, killing her when he's startled by the homeless South African kid.]]

Mad Dogs (2011-) is a British dramedy in which four old college friends, played by [[JohnSimm The Master]], [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Gene Hunt]], [[Discworld/{{Hogfather}} Teatime]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the guy from the adverts]] reunite with the newly successful fifth member of their gang, Alvo, at his new villa in Majorca. Things take a dark turn when Alvo steals a "friend's" boat, dragging his friends into his own vengeance.

* BlackComedy

Mad Dogs (2011-) is a British drama in which four old friends, played by [[JohnSimm The Master]], [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Gene Hunt]], [[Discworld/{{Hogfather}} Teatime]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the guy from the adverts]] reunite with the newly successful fifth member of the gang, Alvo (Ben Chaplin) in his new villa in Mallorca. Things take a dark turn when Alvo steals a "friend's" boat, dragging his friends into his own vengeance.

Mad Dogs (2011-) is a British drama in which four old friends, played by [[JohnSimm The Master]], [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Gene Hunt]] (Philip Glenister), [[Discworld/{{Hogfather}} Teatime]] (Marc Warren) and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the guy from the adverts]] (Max Beesley) reunite with the newly successful fifth member of the gang, Alvo (Ben Chaplin) in his new villa in Mallorca. Things take a dark turn when Alvo steals a "friend's" boat, dragging his friends into his own vengeance.

* TheAlcoholic: Woody.
* BerserkButton: Calling Rick an Accountant. According to him, he is a ''[[InsistentTerminology Financial Adviser]]''.

* BritishBrevity: Four episodes in each series

* TheNapoleon: "Tiny Blair", the gangster. This is actually accidental as the script called for "Tony Blair", but was misspelled "Tiny Blair" and loads of short men auditioned for the role.
* OnlySaneMan: Oddly enough, Rick is often the only one to see how bad things are and what to do. [[spoiler: For instance, in Series 2 he rightly suggests they throw the 13 million Euros into the sea and go back to England, so they cannot be traced. Of course, the other guys don't listen to him.]]
* ParanoiaFuel: In universe, all four of them get increasingly tense and paranoid. Rick esspecially breaks under the stress.

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!! Episodes of this series provide examples of:
* AffablyEvil: Drug baron and master criminal Mackenzie forces the Mad Dogs to eat ice cream on the beach with him, then gets them to work together in his kitchen to cook a Spanish Omelette for dinner.
* BilingualBonus: Lots and lots of native Spanish is spoken that the boys don't understand. In particular, Carmen's mother mentions Baxter with a devious smile on her face.
** Rick in particular is so perturbed by the pleasantries that it causes him to snap and scream at Mackenzie.
* CallBack: Dead animals found by the guys where they are staying, for instance the dead goat in Alvo's pool and the dead bird in the apartment they rent in Series 2.
* DeathIsDramatic: Most of the time averted, most deaths are brutal and undramatic, adding realistic tension to the series. [[spoiler: The deaths of Alvo, possibly Dominic and Hector are examples of this averted trope. The death of Maria is an exception; her death is ''very'' dramatic and is in slow motion.]]
* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: Quinn is dead and the group is torn apart. Although with Season 2 it has been shown the other guys went back for Quinn and now have accidently ended up in more trouble in Ibiza.]]
* EnhancedInterrogationTechniques: Referenced by the head of the prison in Morocco, and used on the guys.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Mackenzie asks for a volunteer to spend the night with him as his "hostage". Rick is the only one to volunteer, but gets told to take a hike.
* FishOutOfWater: The basic premise of the show. Four depressed, middle-aged herberts from suburban England get involved in murder, police corruption, drug dealing, money laundering, drug manufacturing, car bombs and identity fraud. All within the space of a week. Completely by accident and/or fate.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** Baxter: Sanguine
** Rick: Choleric
** Quinn: Melancholic
** Woody: Phlegmatic
* NeverMyFault: Baxter explodes into a petulant rage whenever someone (usually Quinn or Rick) insinuate that everything is his fault.
* NotQuiteDead: Woody reverses into Dominic at high speed, smashing into him and sending him flying straight over the bonnet. His body appears a bloodied, very dead-looking mess at first, but he then manages to get up and stagger forwards, muttering incoherently before collapsing again.
* OhCrap: The entire series and all of its cliffhangers are built on Oh Crap moments.
* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler: Quinn is shot in the upper arm by Maria after he shoots her to prevent her from killing the other guys. Although it bleeds quite badly he suffers no ill effects at all.]]

* DeathIsDramatic: Most of the time averted, most deaths are brutal and undramatic, adding realistic tension to the series. [[spoiler: The deaths of Alvo, possibly Dominic and Hector are examples of this averted trope. The death of Maria is an exception; her death is ''very'' dramatic and is in slow motion.]]
* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: Quinn is dead and the group is torn apart. Although with Season 2 it has been shown the other guys went back for Quinn and now have accidently ended up in more trouble in Ibiza.]]

** Rick, the most histrionic and least independent Mad Dog, also gets this speech multiple times from Baxter and Quinn for just generally being a pain in the arse.