Lead Balloon (TV series): Info, opinions and more

We present Lead Balloon: This is a series with release date in 2006 that is already in its season 4 and the quality level is still high. The name of the OV of our series is exactly identical to its version in English: ‘Lead Balloon’.

I know it’s something complicated, like everything, to categorize series, but there has been selected several genres for it: Comedy.

Without further delay, we give you the synopsis, the opnions of our readers and everything you need to know about the series that has nothing less than a note of 7.8 on the IMDB page.

Lead Balloon: Synopsis

We give you the synopsis of the series:

Lead Balloon is a British television series produced by Open Mike Productions for BBC Four. The series was created and is co-written by comedian Jack Dee and Pete Sinclair. It stars Dee as Rick Spleen, a cynical and misanthropic comedian whose life is plagued by petty annoyances, disappointments and embarrassments.
Raquel Cassidy, Sean Power and Tony Gardner also star. The first series of six episodes was broadcast on BBC Four in 2006, with the first episode achieving the highest ratings for a comedy on the channel. Repeats of the series were run on BBC Two and BBC HD, bringing it to a larger audience.
A second series of eight episodes aired on BBC Two in November 2007, and a third series began airing in November 2008. A fourth and final series commenced broadcast on 31 May 2011 on BBC Two and ended on 5 July.

Comparisons were made by critics to the successful American comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, and positive comments were made about Lead Balloon’s characters, particularly Magda, the Eastern European housekeeper. The first series was released on DVD in November 2007.
The show’s theme tune is a cover version of “One Way Road”, written by Noel Gallagher and performed by Paul Weller.

Lead Balloon: Trailers and Videos

Actors and characters

In this amazing story we’ve spectacular actors and actresses as for example: Jack Dee, Tony Gardner -3- Rasmus Hardiker -4- Anna Crilly -5- Raquel Cassidy -6- Sean Power, Rasmus Hardiker -4- Anna Crilly -5- Raquel Cassidy -6- Sean Power, Anna Crilly -5- Raquel Cassidy -6- Sean Power.

Playing the role of our main character (Rick Spleen) the TV series has Jack Dee.
Then we’ve more actors that appear repeatedly, like: Tony Gardner -3- Rasmus Hardiker -4- Anna Crilly -5- Raquel Cassidy -6- Sean Power and Rasmus Hardiker -4- Anna Crilly -5- Raquel Cassidy -6- Sean Power, playing Tony Gardner and Rasmus Hardiker respectively. They’ll surely captivate you! Finally, you’ll be hooked the greats of acting Anna Crilly -5- Raquel Cassidy -6- Sean Power, Raquel Cassidy -6- Sean Power, Sean Poweracting as Anna Crilly, Raquel Cassidy, Sean Power.

Opinions and critics of the series Lead Balloon

Brendan, who only watches series if they are in the original version with subtitles, wants to tell us:

Hello everyone, my sincere congratulations for being there every day, I’ve been visiting you for months. I want to leave a message for those who have just started to watch it, I give you a tip: Let it unfold because it gets extremely interesting.

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Questions of Lead Balloon that we have received

Marilyn, who loves documentary series, means:

Greetings TV series fans, thank you very much for always being there, I read you since relatively recently. When is the release date of the season? Comment est la série?

Kate, who loves anime and TV shows, wants to tell us:

Hello content creators, congratulations for always being there, I’ve been on the web for months. Does the TV series renew for another season on Disney Plus? I’m looking for some TV series that are premiering a new season.

Brendan, who is 17 years old, tells us:

Good evening series obsessed, congratulations for creating quality content, I’ve visit you for months. Who is the director? What will be the director of Lead Balloon?