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Tim Downie stars as Paul Green a frustrated journalist for a rubbish local newspaper. Obsessed with fairness, Paul causes chaos in a society where offence is easily taken. With a super sweary sister on his case (Lucy Montgomery) a neurotic best friend (Josh Howie) and a teasing father behaving like a big brother (Geoffrey McGivern) disaster is never far away in this fresh British satirical sitcom.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Playing with Fire
    December 15, 2019
    24min
    16+
    Paul is doing a story on a flirty fireman when Nazi graffiti is daubed on a wall. Naomi needs help with Joshie's 6th birthday party and Paul tries to help. It could work out well. Were it not for a some 30-year-old Scalextric, a helium balloon and Simon's sexual designs on Ruth, the mother of the child from hell.
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  2. S1 E2 - The Juicer
    December 15, 2019
    23min
    16+
    Naomi tells Paul that her juicer/spiritualist has warned that it would be dangerous for their Dad to go on his cruise. Paul best friend Simon's birthday party is coming up and it is fancy dress. A Vicar needs help from the Jewish Enquirer, so it may all come good. Or Paul may end up dressed as an Imam trying to buy condoms.
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  3. S1 E3 - Bad Hair Day
    December 15, 2019
    22min
    16+
    Paul has to take Joshie for a haircut. He's also going green by testing out an electric car. Is hair recyclable and where would Paul take it if it was? Was it a good idea to offer dwarf Mark a lift in a car with only one car seat?
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  4. S1 E4 - Feathers & Foreskins
    December 15, 2019
    25min
    16+
    Simon's sister has had a baby boy and asks Paul for help with the circumcision. Liam is dead set against having his boy's penis"trimmed". So is sex better with or without? Paul wants to find out. And how does a dumb young YouTube vlogger get so many hits?
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  5. S1 E5 - The Key Cutter & The Vegan
    December 15, 2019
    22min
    16+
    Paul's new key doesn't work. When the Key Cutter asks for his address to drop off the replacement, Paul is worried. If he gives his address, and this guy has his key, he could rob his house.  A run-in with a possibly anti-Semitic driver's awareness course and an even more possibly anti-Semitic vegan add to the confusion.
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  6. S1 E6 - The Old Suit
    December 15, 2019
    26min
    16+
    Paul insults one of Joshie's teachers. Naomi wants him to apologise but Paul is busy testing out a research suit that adds 20 years to your age. So, Simon challenges him to a game of badminton. Ronnie introduces Paul to an old Jewish man who is LGBTQ+. Today is the day Paul is possibly fattist, racist, transist and sexist. Ronnie has an answer that involves Helen Mirren.
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Directors
Gary Sinyor
Producers
Gary Sinyor
Starring
Tim DownieLucy MontgomeryJosh Howie
Studio
Magnet Films 5 Limited
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