The following credits are for eps 1-7 only
Regular Cast

David Baddiel David
Morwenna Banks Ava
Peter Bradshaw Lord Peter Harrington
Demetri Goritsas Ethan
Kim Thomson Sian
Jonathan Bailey Josh
Stephen Fry David's psychiatrist

Production Credits

Additional Material Jane Goldman (eps 1, 2, 5), George Jeffrie (eps 1, 4-6), Daniel Maier (eps 1, 3, 4, 6, 7), Bert Tyler Moore (eps 1, 4-6), Jonathan Ross (eps 1, 5), Ivor Baddiel (eps 2, 3, 5), Jack Barth (eps 2-5), Gary Parker (eps 2-7), Steve Punt (eps 3, 6)
Character of Ethan developed by Victor Wasserberg
Casting Suzanne Crowley and Gilly Poole
Title Music Cud
Titles Open House
Music Peter Baikie, John Collins
Costume Designer June Nevin
Make-up Designer Chrissie Baker
Set Dresser Amanda Ackland-Snow[1]
Art Director Richard Drew
Production Buyers Amanda Ackland-Snow (eps 2, 3), Laurie Law (eps 2, 4, 5), Terry Black (eps 6, 7)[2]
Stage Manager Liz Summers
1st Assistant Director Chris Miles
3rd Assistant Director Tom Vinnicombe
Production Accountant Lynne Greenshields
Vision Mixer Peter Phillips (eps 1-5), Carol Abbott (eps 2, 7), Barbara Hicks (eps 6)
Camara Supervisor Chas Watts (eps 1-4), Adrian Homeshaw (eps 2), Tony Keene (eps 5-7)[3]
Sound Supervisor Paul Gartrell (eps 1, 3, 5, 7), Dick Bradford (eps 2), Dave Evans (eps 2, 4), Richard Bradford (eps 6)[4]
Props Master Andie Vining
Production Runners Martha Baker, Manus Fraser
Production Co-ordinator Rosalind Edmunds
Script Supervisor Nikki Dowbiggin (eps 1-7), Kendall Anderson-Mut (eps 2)
Editors Steve Tempia (eps 1-7), Steve Andrews (eps 2)
Lighting Directors Chris Rigby (eps 1-7), Rob Kitzman (eps 2)
Designer James Dillon
Line Producer Nick Badham
Recorded at Teddington Studios
Executive Producer, Sky Television Mark Freeland
Executive Producers Richard Allen-Turner, David Baddiel, Jon Thoday
Producer Sam Pinnell
An Avalon Television Production for Sky Television
© British Sky Broadcasting 2001
Notes
[1]  Role not credited on eps 2-7
[2]  Role not credited on eps 1
[3]  Role credited as Camaras on eps 2
[4]  Role credited as Sound on eps 2

1:  Hypnotherapy
Transmitted:  14 January 2001

Written by David Baddiel & Peter Bradshaw
Directed by Martin Dennis

Cast:  Kirsty (Lisa Rogers), Shopkeeper (Crispin Harris), Mr Jarbash (Kish Sharma), Mrs Jarbash (Harvey Virdi), as himself (Dave Lee Travis)

Story:   David is thinking of dumping his girlfriend, Kirsty because she has a number of annoying mannerisms.  However, his friends, Ethan and Lord Peter think she's great and persuade him not to.  David needs to find a way of coping with Kirsty's mannerism.  On the advice of his Slovenian illegal immigrant cleaner, Ava he gives self-hypnosis tapes a try...

2:  Dead Grandma
Transmitted:  21 January 2001

Written by David Baddiel & Peter Bradshaw with Daniel Maier
Directed by Martin Dennis, Mark Mylod

Cast:  Receptionist (Sarah Coomes), Rachel (Madeleine Curtis), Mr Giles (Michael Elliot), Polly (Leda Hodgeson), Undertaker (Nigel Planer), Colin (Gareth Thomas)

Story:  David's grandma, Bubbles dies but he has trouble convincing his friends of the fact as he has used the excuse that his grandma has died far too many times.  He goes to the funeral with his son, Josh whom he tries to shield from the horrors of occasion.  However, that isn't easy when the coffin is accidentally left open by the undertakers.  Worst is to come when the family realise that they're not sure the woman in the coffin is Grandma Bubbles...

3:  The Skip
Transmitted:  28 January 2001

Written by David Baddiel & Peter Bradshaw
Directed by Martin Dennis

Cast:  Mr Yeabsley (Alan Cowan), Mr Cockford (Jonty Stephens), Mr Fitch (Roger Walker), Mrs Fitch (Nikki Worrall), Civil Servant (David Cavendish), Woamn (Aimi MacDonald), Waiter (Scott Baker)

Story:  There's an empty skip in the street and everyone sees a chance to throw away there unwanted junk.  However, the owner of the skip has other ideas.  Meanwhile, immigration are on the trail of Ava...

4:  Huffa
Transmitted:  4 February 2001

Written by David Baddiel & Peter Bradshaw
Directed by Martin Dennis

Cast:  Irma (Imogen Bain), Chef (Omid Djalili), Doctor (Paul Mark Elliot), Huffa Puffa Man (Philip Herbert), Norman McMorris (David Kincaid), Waiter (Jamie Lee), Marcia (Rachel Shelley)

Story:  David has trouble with a Huffa Puffa man in the local sauna; Lord Peter can't get a rare burger served to him at Club Biscuit; Ethan thinks that the girl he's just dump is a witch and has cursed him; and Ava decides to join a marriage agency to find a husband so that she can avoid being deported.

5:  Hair Today
Transmitted:  11 February 2001

Written by David Baddiel & Peter Bradshaw with Daniel Maier
Directed by Martin Dennis

Cast:  Doorman (Newton Booth), Cleaner (Amanda Haberland), Cleaner (Carol Holt), Rosie (Mandy Knight), Cleaner (Carla Mendonca), Cleaner (James Henry Parker), Marcia (Rachel Shelley)

Story:  Ethan stops washing his hair when his girlfriend suggests that it would be a good idea for him to takeit back to it's "natural state".  When Ethan is refused entry to Club Biscuit because of his hair they are forced to drink in a pub.  With all this talk of hair the subject turns to Peter's baldness.  After taunts from Ethan, Peter makes a bet with him that he will shave the rest of his hair off if Ethan's hair plan works.  Meanwhile, Ava decides not to wait for immigration and gets ready to leave the country and David has to find a new cleaning lady...

6:  Transference
Transmitted:  18 February 2001

Written by David Baddiel & Peter Bradshaw
Directed by Patti Marr

Cast:  Waiter (Scott Baker), Registrar (Jim Barclay), Martina Chatwin (Kathryn Flett), Zgrint Vocalists (Daniel Maier, Tom Vinnicombe)

Story:  Ethan decides to leave his job at the gym and, on a suggestion from Ava, he decides to set up as a mobile Karaoke DJ.  Peter goes out with a journalist who then writes about the experience in not too good a light.  Meanwhile, Ava offers David £2000 to marry her so that she can stay in the country.  When he turns her down she turns to Ethan, making David jealous...

7:  Nut Allergy
Transmitted:  25 February 2001

Written by David Baddiel & Peter Bradshaw
Directed by Patti Marr

Cast:  Wendy (Nicola Alexis), Businessman (Jonathan Avery), Irish Executive (Alan Barry), Vox Pop Woan (Chris Gillespie), Businessman (Robert Hickson), Vox Pop Man (Kenneth Jay), Nurse (Kitty Leigh), American Woman (Rachel Siegel), Airline Steward (Simon Vinnicombe), American Man (Ben Weinberger)

Story:  To follow.

8:  In the Valley of the Blind
Transmitted:  4 March 2001
9:  Calligrula
Transmitted:  12 March 2001
10:  Dream House
Transmitted:  19 March 2001
11:  Inventions Now
Transmitted:  26 March 2001
12:  En Suite
Transmitted:  2 April 2001
13:  Religious Uncertaintly
Transmitted:  9 April 2001

Baddiel's Syndrome Episode List compiled by
Richard Spurr

Posted:  5 October 2002
Last Updated:  5 October 2002

Baddiel's Syndrome