Colin’s Sandwich – The Complete Series 1 and 2 (1988-1990) Color Shown in original aspect ratio. Approx. 360 TRT Min. 2-Disc DVD set. Optional subtitles / close captions in English. (Region 1 - Playable in North America - The US, Canada, Mexico, etc.)
Starring: Mel Smith, Louisa Rix, Tony Haase, Andrew Robertson, Mike Grady, Lee Cornes, Nicholas Ball, Lindsay Duncan and Annette Crosbie. Created by Terry Kyan and Paul Smith. Directed by John Kilby.
Colin's Sandwich is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC2 in 1988 and 1990. It stars Mel Smith as Colin Watkins, a British Rail administrator for the Complaints Department, who aspires to be a horror writer.
Mel Smith is best known for “Not the Nine O'clock News” and “Alas Smith and Jones”. In this much loved 1980s BBC sitcom, the late comedian plays an aspiring writer stuck in a soul-destroying day job.
Depressed Colin Watkins (Mel Smith) works for the British Rail Passenger Relations Office, otherwise known as the complaints department. He doesn't like his job much and has dreams of becoming a full-time writer, toiling late into the night trying to realize his ambitions. Distracting him are his girlfriend Jenny (Louisa Rix), best friend Des (Mike Grady), and the obnoxiously happy couple Richard and Sarah (Nicholas Pritchard and Jane Booker). He takes a step towards achieving his ambition when one of his short stories is accepted for publication in The Langley Book of Horror. In Series 2, a famous film producer offers Colin the chance of adapting his short story for a film. Colin jumps at the chance but disruptions in various guises continue to derail him, and keep him tied to the desk job.