About 101
101 is a British action comedy television series that is about three police men that effectively don’t follow
the book and use their badges and the law to their advantage. It is set in and around Bristol. It
premiered on December 21st, 2014. The series’ premiere achieved a 7.28million viewers.
John Andrews plays the main character “Dave Hunt” who is a arrogant adrenaline seeker that
doesn’t care about his job or for others for that matter. John is accompanied by Paul Knight who
plays “Mark Simpson” and is introduced to Dave in the first episode where they are partnered up
but Mark is new to the adrenaline seeking thrill that Dave likes, so due to the fact that Dave is the
ranking officer, Mark has to follow his lead regardless if he disagrees with it. For example, when Dave
and Mark went out on patrol they came across some people that were smoking marijuana they
the book and use their badges and the law to their advantage. It is set in and around Bristol. It
premiered on December 21st, 2014. The series’ premiere achieved a 7.28million viewers.
John Andrews plays the main character “Dave Hunt” who is a arrogant adrenaline seeker that
doesn’t care about his job or for others for that matter. John is accompanied by Paul Knight who
plays “Mark Simpson” and is introduced to Dave in the first episode where they are partnered up
but Mark is new to the adrenaline seeking thrill that Dave likes, so due to the fact that Dave is the
ranking officer, Mark has to follow his lead regardless if he disagrees with it. For example, when Dave
and Mark went out on patrol they came across some people that were smoking marijuana they
- confiscated it and Dave pressured Mark into taking it so Mark gave in and smoked the substance...
Meet the cast
- John Andrews (Dave Hunt)
He is the main character who is a sergeant in the police force. He is arrogant and doesn’t care about himself or others. -Paul Knight (Mark Simpson) He is a police constable who will do anything for his job but has to adapt to Dave’s adrenaline seeking personality when they are partnered up. Mark wishes to be promoted to a sergeant so will do nearly anything to get it. |
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Did you know?
All the things you didn’t know about 101:
• There has been a total of 321 police cars used whilst the first series was filmed
• The character Dave Hunt was originally meant to be played by Bruce Willis but John Andrews was thought to be a better for the role.
• In the second series the cast visit London
• a total of £128,0211 was spent on just the special effects!
• Real police equipment was used. Such as handcuffs and CS spray.
• In the filming of the first episode, Paul broke his arm due to a ladder falling. He spent 3 weeks off set and was fully recovered after that.
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