Man Down

Man Down is a British sitcom that was broadcast from 18 October 2013 to 29 November 2017 on Channel 4. The series stars Greg Davies as Dan Davies, a man undergoing a midlife crisis. Channel 4 commissioned an additional 25-minute Christmas special before the first series aired, and a second series was announced during Davies's live tour "The Back of My Mum's Head." Following Rik Mayall's death in June 2014, Davies met with Channel 4 to discuss the future of the show. It had been intended that Mayall's role in the second series would be more prominent than it had been previously. The series returned for a second Christmas special in 2014, a second series in 2015, a third in 2016, and a fourth in 2017. The majority of scenes are filmed in and around Watford and South Oxhey, Hertfordshire. Plot Man Down centres on Dan Davies, a man in his forties who lives with his parents and is suffering a midlife crisis. He frequents Bob's Cafe, where he meets up with Jo and Brian, who are his friends from school despite both being six years younger than him. He hates his job as a secondary school drama teacher. His long-term girlfriend Naomi breaks up with him at the beginning of series 1 and during the rest of the first series, he makes several failed attempts to win her back. From the Christmas specials through to the end of series 3, he pursues young, highly attractive deputy headmistress Emma. During series 4, they have a son together, although Dan and Emma are not a couple.