Gates S01E01 HDTV x264-TLA

can't seem to find a description of what this show is about. my searches keep turning up "the gates" a
vampire/werewolf show from 2010. any one have a description?

comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/gates/

gates is an ensemble comedy headed by sue johnston (the royle family), tom ellis (miranda) and
joanna page (gavin & stacey) set in the all too familiar chaos of the school gates.

mark and helen are parents who've recently moved to the south east where their nine-year-old
daughter is starting at a new primary school. and they're about to discover what happens when your
children choose your friends.

sky says: "essentially a character comedy, but with a nod to those sketch-like moments of madness
which can only ever happen in the playground, gates casts an eye on how relationships with parents
formed during fifteen minutes of a school drop off and pick up can so easily take over your life. the
school gates can be an unforgiving, socially exposed political minefield."

independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-viewing-accused-bbc1--gates-sky-living-
8046700.html

"sky living's new sitcom about the parents and staff of a congenial city primary, and the 15-minute
social minefield they're forced to navigate at the beginning and end of each school day. gates had
the potential to be a new outnumbered, with its harried middle-class parents, and its ensemble's
impeccable comedy pedigree: sue johnston (the royle family); joanna page (gavin & stacey); tony
gardner (lead balloon; fresh meat)."

"in the first episode, builder and new parent mark (tom ellis, him off miranda) was cornered on the
school run by two terrifying mums: a militantly mustard-keen aussie who organises coffee mornings
and salsa-cise evenings, and an uncomfortably tactile art therapist. the teacher (johnston) is
perpetually hung- over. the headmaster is barely out of short trousers himself, and eager to please
ofsted with his "school and home partnership workshop week" (aka parents' week). the only sane
people in the school are the pupils."

"i laughed out loud once

show information page:
http://eztv.it/shows/688/gates/
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updated: august 14, 2012