Suburban Shootout is a satirical dark comedy series from the United Kingdom. The series is produced for Five by Feelgood Productions in association with Oxygen and Paramount Comedy. The series aired in the UK on Five from April 27, 2006, on Paramount Comedy from April 28, 2006 and started showing in the United States March 22, 2006 on Oxygen. Five, formerly known as Channel 5, is the United Kingdoms fifth national analogue terrestrial TV channel. ... For the womens television network see: Oh! Oxygen. ... Paramount Comedy is a television channel shown in the UK. As the name suggests, it is owned by Paramount Pictures (aka Viacom) and concentrates on comedy. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 22 March is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Premise

Joyce Hazeldine, and her policeman husband Jeremy, move to what seems to be an idyllic home counties town of Little Stempington from London. She soon discovers there are two rival gangs of housewives, one headed by Camilla Diamond and one by Barbara Du Prez. The phrase Home Counties is used to designate the group of English counties which border or surround London. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... A homemaker is American feminist phrase (which has entered mainstream English language) for a person whose prime occupation is to care for their family and/or home. ...

Once very good friends, Camilla and Barbara originally turned to weaponry and intimidation as a way of dealing with crime and antisocial behaviour, and gathered a small group of local women to help further their cause, but the group splintered into two smaller gangs when Camilla grew greedy and used their increased clout for her own personal gain, dealing in extorting, racketeering, coercion and threats to local businesses and residents of the town.

Barbara's gang continues to take extreme action against perceived 'threats to Little Stempington life' (planned low-cost housing, teenagers wearing hoodies etc), while also working tirelessly against Camilla's gang. Timid Joyce, unfortunately, becomes a pawn in both gangs, enlisted by Barbara to work undercover as way of getting closer to Camilla. Affordable housing is a dwelling where the total housing costs are affordable to those living in that housing unit. ... A hoodie (sometimes also spelled hoody) is a sweatshirt with a hood. ...

The plot later thickens with Camilla racketeering the local recreational drugs market with 8 times strength HRT patches from their contacts in Marseille (hence the twinning with Marseille in the town sign). Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a system of medical treatment for perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, based on the assumption that it may prevent discomfort and health problems caused by diminished circulating estrogen hormones. ... city flag coat of arms Motto: By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Subdivisions 16 arrondissements (in 8 secteurs) Département Bouches-du-Rhône (13) Région Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur Mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin (UMP) (since 1995... This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ...

Cast

• Anna Chancellor - Camilla Diamond, head of the "bad" gang. Originally a very good friend with Barbara du Prez, and the two formed an all-female mafia system after accidentally killing a burglar. They used it to clean up Little Stempington, but Camilla saw what the crime could do for her own gain, and the two soon parted ways. Since then, she has had numerous plastic surgery operations, paid for by her racketeering and loan sharking, and her group is the main opposition to Barbara's, next to the recent incursions of travelling musical festivals and the French.
• Felicity Montagu - Barbara du Prez, head of the "good" gang. Originally a very good friend with Camilla Diamond, the two formed the original singular mafia after they were burgled and killed the culprit, using it to clear Little Stempington of 'dark influences' from outside forces and those inside as well, ranging from minor offences such as hoodies, to grave misdeeds like low-cost housing (Which she thwarts using land mines). The two parted company and the mafia splintered in twain once Camilla became greedy, and they have been at loggerheads since then.
• Rachel Blake - Hilary Davenport, one of Camilla's sidekicks
• Amelia Bullmore - Joyce Hazeldine, the naïve newcomer
• Cathryn Bradshaw - Margaret Littlefair, a sidekick of Barbara du Prez
• Lucy Robinson - Pam Draper, a sidekick of Barbara du Prez
• Emma Kennedy - Lillian Gordon-Moore, one of Camilla's sidekicks
• Ralph Ineson - Jeremy Hazeldine, Joyce's husband and the new local superintendent

Anna Chancellor (b. ... Felicity Montagu is a British actor, probably best known for her performances in television comedy series and films. ... Amelia Bullmore (b. ... Emma Kennedy is a British television presenter, actress and writer. ... Ralph Ineson is an English actor best known for playing the character of Chris Finch on the BBC television program The Office. ...

Trivia

• Joyce Hazeldine's car was originally going to be a Renault Twingo, but they couldn't find one, so a Fiat Panda was chosen.
• The Little Stempington town sign could be only be seen in the first four episodes, because the writer Roger Beckett, nicked it off the set. It is currently under his bed in his house.
• Most of the filming was done in Pinner, London.

The Renault Twingo is a city car built by the French manufacturer Renault, launched in 1993 to replace the venerable Renault 4. ... The Fiat Panda (also known as Fiat Panda Nuova or Fiat Panda II) is a city car produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat since 2003. ... Pinner is a town in the London Borough of Harrow in north-west London. ...

Goofs

• Jeremy in episode 2 was driving a Lexus, but in episode 7, he drives a Vauxhall Astra
• Special H (the high dosage oestrogen patches) are frequently referred as Class A drugs, when they classed as Class C because they are licensed prescription medicines.

Lexus is a brand name of the Toyota Motor Corporation for its line of luxury vehicles. ... Vauxhall is an inner city area of south London in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... The Astra is a General Motors (GM) small family car, badged as an Opel in continental Europe and the Republic of Ireland, a Vauxhall in the United Kingdom, a Holden in Australasia, and a Chevrolet in Latin America. ... A prescription drug (or POM Prescription Only Medicine, in UK) is a licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a prescription before it can be obtained. ...

External links

• Suburban Shootout official site
• Suburban Shootout at Oxygen
• Yahoogroup fansite