Launching in 2015, that series about a transatlantic couple’s hook-up that leads to a pregnancy was a sensation in the U.K. In many ways, the rom-com fills a void left by Channel 4’s hit comedy drama “Catastrophe” from Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney. In the U.K., where “Colin” launched last month, the show’s popularity has hinged less on advertising and more on word-of-mouth. The platform went all-in on marketing the show around Christmas - “They put our faces down bridges to aeroplanes,” says Dyer - and it worked. Discovery, but “Colin,” which launched in December 2022, was its first original drama to break out. The two-year-old platform quickly gained profile thanks to output deals with the likes of Warner Bros. The show was commissioned as an original for Binge, a fledgling streamer operated by commercial broadcaster Foxtel. But rather than put down the dog, they decide to share custody.
The couple rush the stray to the vet, only to be told it has life-altering spine damage. When Gordon stops at a light to let Ashley cross, and receives a cheeky flash in return, so stunned is he as he restarts the car that he rolls right over an unassuming Border Terrier (later named Colin From Accounts). In “Colin,” they star as Gordon and Ashley, two singletons with a considerable age gap who meet at a crucial intersection in their lives - literally. The pair, who have an infant daughter, warmly poke fun of themselves and each other as they try to make sense of their good fortune at having written the rare show that is almost instantly liked universally. Both Brammall and Dyer are known as actors, respectively, for roles in high-profile Aussie shows such as “No Activity” and “The Other Guy” (and Dyer for two seasons of NBC’s “American Auto”), but “Colin From Accounts” is their first major writing credit.
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