The Rebel: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Rebel is Henry Palmer, a near 70-year-old who looks every bit the respectable, fine, upstanding Brighton resident. Except that underneath it all he's not. For 50 years he's been putting his youthful past behind him; or perhaps more accurately, brushing it under the floral patterned carpet. In the Sixties he was a Mod, a regular visitor to Brighton on his mirrored up Vespa scooter, dressed in a Parka with a bulls-eye on the back, ready for a rumble with the Rockers on their motorbikes. Recently bereaved by the loss of his long-suffering wife, Henry shares this adjustment with his slightly impossible daughter, Cath and her utterly ineffectual husband, Jeremy. The Rebel in Henry never really went away. It was just brewing...

Series details

• Title: The Rebel
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2016-07-20
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-12-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: U&GOLD
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 40 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7/10
• TVMaze ID: 19024
• IMDb ID: tt5877442
• TVDB ID: 314607

Cast and credited roles

• Simon Callow — Henry Palmer
• Bill Paterson — Charles
• Anita Dobson — Margaret
• Anna Crilly — Cath
• Amit Shah — Jeremy

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-07-20; final listed air date 2016-08-03; episode order: 3.
• Season 2: premiered 2017-11-08; final listed air date 2017-12-13; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Rebel 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.