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Mayo (TV series)

Field	Value
image	Mayo (cast picture).jpg
caption	Main cast
genre	Detective fiction
Comedy
creator	Marjorie Eccles
developer	Simon Booker
starring	Alistair McGowan
Jessica Oyelowo
Huw Rhys
Louise Brealey
Lucy Evans
composer	Joby Talbot
country	United Kingdom
language	English
num_series	1
num_episodes	8
producer	Rebecca Hedderly
executive_producer	Sally Haynes
Will Trotter
cinematography	Toby Moore
editor	Paul Endacott
Anthony Combes
runtime	60 minutes
company	BBC Birmingham
network	BBC One
first_aired
last_aired

Comedy Jessica Oyelowo Huw Rhys Louise Brealey Lucy Evans Will Trotter Anthony Combes

Mayo is a British television detective fiction-comedy series, adapted from the Gil Mayo Mysteries series books by Marjorie Eccles, first broadcast on BBC One on 12 March 2006. The eight-part series, produced by BBC Birmingham, starred Alistair McGowan as the titular character, alongside Jessica Oyelowo, Huw Rhys and Louise Brealey. The series was developed by Simon Booker, and directed by Metin Huseyin, Jonathan Fox Bassett and Fraser MacDonald.

The series was filmed on location in and around Leamington Spa. Each of the eight episodes were based upon one of Eccles' novels, aside from the final episode, which was an original story for television by Joe Ainsworth. McGowan provided additional script dialogue for all eight episodes, and was also heavily involved in helping produce the series. Notable guest stars throughout the series run included former Doctor Who Sylvester McCoy and actress and singer Paloma Faith.

Cast

Alistair McGowan as Detective Inspector Gil Mayo
Jessica Oyelowo as Detective Sergeant Alex Jones
Huw Rhys as Detective Constable Martin Kite
Louise Brealey as SOCO Harriet 'Anorak' Tate
Lucy Evans as Julie Mayo

Broadcast

The series aired at 20:00 on Sundays, with the first episode drawing almost 4.5 million viewers. Across the series, no further viewing figures were recorded. The series broadcast in Australia on ABC1 in mid-2008, and was repeated on 7Two in 2011, under the pseudonym The Gil Mayo Mysteries.

On 23 March 2007 McGowan confirmed that Mayo would not return for a second series. McGowan commented on the series axing; "It was taking its time to find its feet, and by the end, we knew what we were doing. But sadly, decisions are made on the first episode, and we definitely didn't hit the ground running. We learnt how to make a very good programme and we were all really surprised and very disappointed that we didn't get another series. It is sad."

Episodes

Guest starring: Paterson Joseph and Margo Stilley Guest starring: Nigel Planer and Geoffrey Whitehead Guest starring: Tamsin Egerton, Jake Wood and Sara Stewart Guest starring: Art Malik, Sylvester McCoy and Heather Peace Guest starring: Ruth Jones and Gaynor Faye Guest starring: Jeremy Edwards and Paloma Faith Guest starring: Claire King and Tony Haygarth Guest starring: Tristan Gemmill and David Oyelowo

References

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Kilkelly, Daniel. (5 May 2009). "Alistair McGowan reveals BBC 'snub'". Digital Spy.
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