《铅气球》是由Open Mike Productions为BBC Four制作的英国电视剧。该系列由喜剧演员杰克·迪和皮特·辛克莱共同创作。迪伊饰演里克·斯佩林，一位愤世嫉俗的喜剧演员，生活中充斥着琐碎的烦恼、失望和尴尬。拉奎尔·卡西迪、肖恩·鲍尔和托尼·加德纳也出演了该片。2006年，英国广播公司第四频道播出了六集第一集，其中第一集的喜剧收视率最高。该剧在BBC二台和BBC高清电视台播放，吸引了更多观众。2007年11月，英国广播公司第二频道播出了第二个系列，共八集，2008年11月开始播出第三个系列。第四个也是最后一个系列于2011年5月31日在英国广播公司二频道播出，并于7月5日结束。评论家们将其与成功的美国喜剧《抑制你的热情》进行了比较，并对Lead Balloon的角色，尤其是东欧管家Magda作出了积极评价。第一个系列于2007年11月发行DVD。该剧的主题曲是《单向之路》的封面版本，由诺埃尔·加拉赫撰写，保罗·韦勒演唱。
牵气球 (季节 1)
Rubbish 0.0
播出日期: 2006-10-04
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Rick fronts a lame government TV recycling campaign which backfires spectacularly. He falls out with café-owner Michael over a homemade fruitcake, and has a full-on row with unhinged baby-present shopkeeper Maureen.
Wayne 0.0
播出日期: 2006-10-11
运行时间: 30 min
概述: A teaspoon crisis in the Spleen household leads Rick to petty theft. Meanwhile, Rick's sleep is disturbed by the paperboy, Wayne, who is very punctual, very noisy and has a brain the size of a walnut.
£5000 0.0
播出日期: 2006-10-18
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Rick gets in a punch-up at an awards ceremony and ends up with a black eye. Marty is preparing to pitch a programme to the BBC and Michael is delighted that Rick has accidentally sponsored him a small fortune for his Skipathon.
Allergic 0.0
播出日期: 2006-10-25
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Rick discovers he may have inadvertently killed one of Britain's best-loved entertainers, but he's preoccupied by a missing shoe-organiser. Meanwhile Rick prepares for upcoming appearance on topical news panel show Bullet in the News.
Pistachio 0.0
播出日期: 2006-11-01
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Rick buys himself a scooter but worries that it makes him look gay. Hosting the Air Conditioning and Climate Control Awards goes disastrously, and a trip to the local dry cleaner ends in a heated argument.
Fatty 0.0
播出日期: 2006-11-08
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Rick is publicly humiliated on TV by daytime chat-show host Adam Green. He also has an unfortunate encounter with an acquaintance at the gym, and Ben manages to destroy Rick's brand new DVD player by taking the back off.
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