Ted and Alice: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Ted is an alien come to earth to find love and where better to begin his search than the Lake District, an area rich in romantic heritage and full of tranquil lakes ideal to hide a spaceship in.

Ted is an outcast on his own planet, where the inhabitants have evolved so far that they are hermaphrodites. He is one of the rare single sex aliens condemned to a life in search of contact.

Alice works in the local tourist office with her friend Jo. She is the long suffering girlfriend of Barry, the village Bobby, who alternates between dumping his washing on Alices doorstep with disappearing on illicit jaunts with his friends.

Alice dreams of a real romance akin to Darcy and Elisabeth and it seems her life is set to change when Ted appears on her doorstep.

Worlds collide when Ted and Alice meet, however all is not as it seems in the picturesque lakeside village where sinister activities threaten to tear them apart.

Series details

• Title: Ted and Alice
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 2002-04-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2002-04-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 35500
• IMDb ID: tt0179051
• TVDB ID: 77471

Cast and credited roles

• Dawn French — Alice Putkin
• Stephen Tompkinson — Ted

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2002-04-04; final listed air date 2002-04-18; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Ted and Alice 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.