Big Train: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Big Train was a surreal British television comedy sketch show created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan, writers of the successful sitcom Father Ted. Following in the tradition of Monty Python, the comedy of Big Train is based on the subversion of ordinary situations by the surreal or macabre. Its stars included Kevin Eldon, Mark Heap, and Simon Pegg in both series one and two, with Julia Davis, and Amelia Bullmore in the first series, and Rebecca Front, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Catherine Tate in the second series.

Series details

• Title: Big Train
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1998-11-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2002-02-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 6138
• IMDb ID: tt0178126
• TVDB ID: 70680

Cast and credited roles

• Simon Pegg — Various Roles
• Kevin Eldon — Various Roles
• Amelia Bullmore — Various Roles
• Catherine Tate — Various Roles
• Julia Davis — Various Roles
• Mark Heap — Various Roles
• Rebecca Front — Various Roles

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1998-11-09; final listed air date 1998-12-14; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2002-01-07; final listed air date 2002-02-11; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Big Train on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.