Border Cafe

Would you swap fame for love and the chance to run a café?

Overview

Comedy drama series from Preston Front writer Tim Firth. Set in the fictional town of Hale Point on the borders of England and Wales, home to a cross-section of amazing, colourful characters who, under normal circumstances, would never have met. Rock star Charlotte Smith quits at the height of her fame and buys the American diner on the outskirts of her home town so she can settle down with her builder boyfriend David Doyle. He invites his daft elder brother Kidder to become the chef while the nervous Ronnie gives up her life as "Charlotte" in a copycat band to become waitress. The Border Cafe becomes a meeting place for all sorts of curious characters and a centre of intrigue. But as the cafe takes off, the whole notion of whose life depends on whose starts to shift with dramatic consequences

Key Crew

Top Cast

Elizabeth Carling

Charlotte Smith

Sean Gallagher

David Doyle

Georgia Mackenzie

Ronnie Alessi

Anthony Strachan

Kidder Doyle

Michael Attwell

'Edwardian' Clive Bruton

Michael Elwyn

Doug Roscoe

Mark Bazeley

Chris Caine

Tom Goodman-Hill

Max

Seasons

• Season 1

Season 1 (2000)

No overview available.

8 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: Rock 'n' Roll Suicide

2000-07-18

Retired rock star Charlotte has a disturbing encounter with distraught fan Ronnie.

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 2: More Than This

2000-07-25

Clive the coach driver asks to hire the cafe for his wife Joyce's Pretty Woman themed fantasy

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 3: Different for Girls

2000-08-01

Beejay finds his ultimate fantasy is a reality - both the mad sisters want to sleep with him.

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 4: Rock the Casbah

2000-08-08

When Chris Caine, the frontman for True North, arrives at the cafe all hell breaks loose.

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 5: Undercover of the Night

2000-08-15

The cafe is put under siege by a small psychopath with a frozen turkey.

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 6: Shot by Both Sides

2000-08-22

After patrolling with the police for the day, Kidder turns vigilante

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 7: Please, Please, Please

2000-08-29

Beejay stages a charity night for his own benefit and convinces a miserable celebrity chef to host

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 8: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

2000-09-05

While the staff are away sorting out their love lives, the regulars take over running the caff

Runtime: 60 min