Human Remains (TV series)

Human Remains
Region 2 DVD cover.
GenreAnthology series
Black comedy
Mockumentary
Written byRob Brydon
Julia Davis
StarringRob Brydon
Julia Davis
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes7
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companyBaby Cow Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release13 November (2000-11-13) 
18 December 2000 (2000-12-18)

Human Remains is a British black comedy television series written by and starring Rob Brydon and Julia Davis that aired in 2000. Each episode documented the relationship of a different couple, all of whom were played by Brydon and Davis and were unhappy, in the style of a fly-on-the-wall documentary. The show's humour derives from such bleak topics as domestic violence, chronic depression and death. Davis later used some of these themes in her solo project Nighty Night.

Ruth Jones, who would later work with Davis in Nighty Night, appears in the third episode. She would later co-write the acclaimed series Gavin & Stacey, in which she, Brydon and Davis appear.