The Green Green Grass (series 4)

The Green Green Grass's fourth series originally aired between 8 January 2009 and 5 March 2009, beginning with the episode "The Path of True Love".
==Outline==
The series continued to feature the seven main characters that appeared in series one.
Actor 	Role
John Challis 	Boycie
Sue Holderness 	Marlene
Jack Doolan 	Tyler
David Ross 	Elgin Sparrowhawk
Ivan Kaye 	Bryan
Peter Heppelthwaite	Jed
Ella Kenion 	Imelda
Samantha Sutherland's character, Sara, who was Tyler's girlfriend, was a regular throughout the series before as was Llewellyn (Alan David) and Ray (Nigel Harrison).
==Episode information==
Episode number	Broadcast date 	Duration 	Title 	Written by
24 – 4.1 	8 January 2009 	30 minutes	"The Path of True Love"	Jim Sullivan
25 – 4.2 	15 January 2009 	30 minutes	"Home Brew" 	John Sullivan
26 – 4.3 	22 January 2009 	30 minutes	"Calendar Boys" 	David Cantor
27 – 4.4 	29 January 2009 	30 minutes	"Animal Instincts" 	Jim Sullivan
28 – 4.5 	5 February 2009 	30 minutes	"Your Cheating Art" 	John Sullivan
29 – 4.6 	12 February 2009	30 minutes	"The Departed" 	Keith Lindsay
30 – 4.7 	19 February 2009	30 minutes	"I Done It My Way" 	John Sullivan
31 – 4.8 	26 February 2009	30 minutes	"One Man's Junk" 	Robert Evans
32 – 4.9 	5 March 2009 	30 minutes	"For Richer For Poorer"	Gary Lawson and John Phelps
==Production==
The series was produced by Shazam Production, a company that produces comedies by John Sullivan. The series was filmed at Teddington Studios, with a live audience. All episodes in the first series were directed by Dewi Humphreys. This particular series was written by Jim Sullivan, John Sullivan, Keith Lindsay, David Cantor, Robert Evans, Gary Lawson and John Phelps.
==Reception==
===Viewers===
The series began airing on Thursday evenings, at 20:30. The series slumped slightly with viewers, with the first episode, "The Path of True Love" gaining 4.07 million viewers, which was not in the top thirty highest ratings. Ratings then fell for the next two episodes before rising for the fourth episode then dropping again for the next two episodes and then rising again for the last two episodes of the series. 
Rank	Episode 	Viewership 	Audience share
1 	"For Richer For Poorer"	4.38 million	18.8%
2 	"The Path of True Love"	4.07 million	16.5%
3 	"Home Brew" 	4.02 million	16.9%
4 	"Your Cheating Art" 	3.93 million	15.4%
5 	"Animal Instincts" 	3.87 million	16.2%
6 	"Calendar Boys" 	3.86 million	15.8%
7 	"The Departed" 	3.73 million	15.1%
8 	"One Man's Junk" 	3.70 million	15.0%
9 	"I Done It My Way" 	3.46 million	14.4%
===Critics===
The series continued receive negative reviews from critics and some fans of Only Fools and Horses as well but a few positive reviews beginning to make their way to the surface. The series did not manage to reach the five million mark but did manage to beat fellow comedies, Not Going Out and The Old Guys.
==External links==
*The Green Green Grass Official website
*The Green Green Grass BBC Comedy
*The Green Green Grass British TV Comedy
*The Green Green Grass British Sitcom Guide
*The Green Green Grass Only Fools and Horses
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Category:2000s British sitcoms
Category:The Green Green Grass