Newark, Newark

Newark, Newark is a British television sitcom set in the Nottinghamshire town of Newark-on-Trent, England. The series aired on Gold on 28 March 2022, and revolves around the life of a recently divorced woman, her son and her ex-husband. It later aired on BBC2 from 2 March 2024.

Newark, Newark
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Nathan Foad
Written by	Nathan Foad
Directed by	Amanda Blue
Starring	Morgana Robinson Mathew Horne Beverley Callard
Country of origin	England
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producer	Dave Evans Bryan Elsley Nathan Foad
Producer	Kenny Tanner
Production company	Balloon Entertainment
Original release
Network	Gold
Release	28 March (2022-03-28) – 30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)

Synopsis

Recently divorced Maxine (Morgana Robinson) is trying to adapt to single life, after separating from Terry (Mathew Horne). Meanwhile, their 16-year-old son Leslie, is dealing with the confusion of coming out, while his grandmother (Beverley Callard), sticks her nose into every situation.^[1][2]

Cast

• Morgana Robinson as Maxine
• Mathew Horne as Terry
• Beverley Callard as Pauline^[3]
• Jai Hollis as Leslie
• Jessie Mae Alonzo as Amber
• Vahid Gold as Rudy
• Saskia Chana as Claire
• Bo Poraj as Dariusz
• Oliver Woollford as Connor
• Nathan Foad as Rowan

Production

The show was written by Nathan Foad, himself from the Nottinghamshire town of Newark-on-Trent, the setting for the sitcom, and where it was filmed.^[4] The series was directed by Amanda Blue, produced by Kenny Tanner and the production company was Balloon Entertainment.^[5][6]