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  • Channel 4
  • Feb 6, 2022
  • Channel 4
  • Feb 6, 2022

Summary Big Mick (Tom Davis) and his friends Albert (Allan Mustafa), Sidney (Steve Stamp), and Phil (Hugo Chegwin) plan to steal £50,000 in cash but find gold worth more than £30 million in 1980s East London instead in this British comedy crime drama. [Premiered originally in the UK on Channel 4 on 6 Feb 2022 and in the US on BritBox on 7 Nov...

  • Channel 4
  • Feb 6, 2022
  • Channel 4
  • Feb 6, 2022
The Curse
Season 1
Season Premiere: Feb 6, 2022
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 5 Critic Reviews
88
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
7.0
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Summary Big Mick (Tom Davis) and his friends Albert (Allan Mustafa), Sidney (Steve Stamp), and Phil (Hugo Chegwin) plan to steal £50,000 in cash but find gold worth more than £30 million in 1980s East London instead in this British comedy crime drama. [Premiered originally in the UK on Channel 4 on 6 Feb 2022 and in the US on BritBox on 7 Nov...

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Episode 1 • Feb 6, 2022 • 30 m
Would You?
Albert Fantoni and his wife Natasha run a greasy spoon cafe and are down on their luck. Their lives change when Natasha's brother Sidney tells them of his new job at a warehouse which handles cash shipments in transit.
Episode 2 • Feb 13, 2022 • 30 m
Act Normal
News of the robbery has spread all over the world - but the crooks remain completely oblivious to what they have stolen as they stash their ill-gotten gains in a hiding place.
Episode 3 • Feb 20, 2022 • 30 m
The Fear
At a loss for what to do with the stolen gold, the gang set Mick to work hiding it all. Albert and Natasha tell Sidney to keep a low profile, while Phil gets a call telling him to expect an important visitor.
Episode 4 • Feb 27, 2022 • 30 m
The Monkey and the Cat
A deeply troubled Albert throws himself into smelting gold as fast as Billy can sell it on. The money is rolling in thick and fast, but it's dirty money, and Billy tells the gang they can't spend any of it yet.
Episode 5 • Mar 6, 2022 • 30 m
Millionaires
Months have passed. The money has been quietly rolling in, and while Albert and Natasha have kept a low profile, Mick and Phil - who haven't spoken to the others in a long while - are living it large.
Episode 6 • Mar 13, 2022 • 30 m
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
The gang is running out of options. The police are getting closer, watching the cafe night and day. And Ma McTavish is breathing down Mick's neck wanting her share of the gold.

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 5 Critic Reviews
88
80% Positive
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 5 Critic Reviews
88
80% Positive
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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100
Nov 15, 2022
However compelling the heist itself is, first and foremost this is just a brilliantly funny comedy, and the laughs keep on coming at a very impressive rate throughout. ... This show is a real treat.
By Patrick Cremona FULL REVIEW
100
Nov 15, 2022
Unlike the not-that-lovable rogues, the creators of The Curse clearly have a very good idea of what they’re about, and their plan is seamlessly executed to highly amusing effect. They deserve a reward for recovering such an impressive haul of comedy gold.
By Sean O'Grady FULL REVIEW
100
Nov 15, 2022
Davis and De Frond seem primed to move on to movies before too long – with The Curse, they continue to make fabulous TV comedy look easy.
By Jack Seale FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 15, 2022
These people, Natasha told us, were “just existing, like bit parts in someone else’s story” and you got the impression that perhaps just around the corner, a slick Guy Ritchie-esque heist was underway. But in this story, it was all about the underdogs – and who doesn’t love an underdog?
By Rachael Sigee FULL REVIEW
60
Nov 15, 2022
The Curse is an old riff, being played lovingly and skillfully, over a record you’ve heard many times before.
By Chris Bennion FULL REVIEW

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