Nathan Barley
A six part comedy series written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris.

Nathan Barley is 26. He is a Webmaster, guerrilla filmmaker, screenwriter, DJ and in his own words, a "self-facilitating media node". He is convinced he is the epitome of urban cool and therefore secretly terrified he might not be, which is why he reads Sugar Ape Magazine - his bible of cool.

Dan Ashcroft writes searing columns for Sugar Ape. He's considered astonishingly cool, but only by those he despises. He is surrounded by idiots and practically worshipped by Nathan (whom he considers to be their king). He is 34. Why has he failed to move on?

Claire Ashcroft, 27, is Dan's sister. Like Dan she despises "cool". She hasn't met Nathan yet, but like him she is a film-maker. Unlike him she despises novelty, trash, irony and gadgets. She is furious that no one will fund her hard-hitting documentary about a choir of reformed junkies.

Nathan, Dan and Claire work in the industrial conversions of Hosegate. They are about to become spliced together in a three way split.

Claire no longer listens to Dan - which is a shame since he'd be the best person to warn her about Nathan.

Claire is right about Dan; Dan is right about Nathan: Nathan is just wrong. He's an absolute f**king tool.

The show aired in February 2005 on Channel 4, and was repeated in November 2005.

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