《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 4)
Pig 0.0
播出日期: 2011-05-31
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Rick's career is at an all-time low: even his idea of writing a novel gets stuck on page one. So when a Sunday newspaper wants to do an 'At Home With' feature about his partner Mel, Rick naturally tries to muscle in on the action. But when he decides that having a pet pig would look good in the photos, Rick proves that if nothing else, he's the prize-winning author of his own downfall.
Dead 0.0
播出日期: 2011-06-07
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Rick lands a job as a presenter on the Bargain Channel - it's Britain's premier shopping channel, as he points out to anyone who will listen. For once, his new job impresses surly East-European help Magda, who is a big fan of the show. His writing partner Marty and local cafe owner Michael are not so easily convinced, but Rick is determined that he's finally found something he's good at. Meanwhile, Rick's daughter Sam and her boyfriend Ben are allegedly looking for work - without ever getting up from the sofa.
Shoddy 0.0
播出日期: 2011-06-14
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Rick's new job as a presenter on The Bargain Channel is going well but after his writing partner Marty takes a shine to his co-presenter Donna, Rick is not happy. Clive is on the warpath wanting a refund for an ornamental windmill that his mother bought from The Bargain Channel. Rick's behaviour at a funeral sees him getting into trouble and threatens to kill off his career.
Off 0.0
播出日期: 2011-06-21
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Rick is at his lowest ebb. With no other work on offer, he decides to set up his own stand-up comedy workshop. But the first week's class attracts just five students. Worse still, the second session includes a new wannabe comic - deranged cafe owner Michael. A disastrous session on how to deal with heckling backfires spectacularly, but hope is on the horizon - in the form of an earnest council executive, Libby. Meanwhile Magda is trying to claim compensation after tripping on a paving stone, but it turns out that Rick is the one who's in danger of serious injury.
Blade 0.0
播出日期: 2011-06-28
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Having accepted funding from the local council, Rick reluctantly agrees to teach a Stand-up Comedy Workshop in Belford Prison. But this turns out to be one of Rick's worst gigs: he is taken hostage, trapped in the prison library by a knife-wielding prisoner, Donald. Donald is a worrying mixture of charming and psychotic - and worse still for Rick, has a pathological hatred of liars. Can Rick talk his way out of trouble? Will the governors give in to Donald's demands? Or will this be the end of Rick's less-than-stellar career?
End 0.0
播出日期: 2011-07-05
运行时间: 30 min
概述: In the concluding episode, Rick has at last found the fame and success he so desperately craved. Thanks to his ordeal as a hostage, the 'Prison Siege Comic', as he is now known in the tabloids, is on an all-time high. He is inundated with offers - from appearing as a hostage expert on the national news, to featuring in a celebrity survival series. When he is asked to host The Brave Britain Awards in front of a live television audience of millions, Rick thinks all his dreams have finally come true. But, as he prepares to go on stage, it seems that the dream is about to turn into a nightmare.
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