Border Cafe — Season 1
Would you swap fame for love and the chance to run a café?
About this season
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
Episodes (8)
1. Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
Aired 18 July 2000 • 60 min
Retired rock star Charlotte has a disturbing encounter with distraught fan Ronnie.
2. More Than This
Aired 25 July 2000 • 60 min
Clive the coach driver asks to hire the cafe for his wife Joyce's Pretty Woman themed fantasy
3. Different for Girls
Aired 1 August 2000 • 60 min
Beejay finds his ultimate fantasy is a reality - both the mad sisters want to sleep with him.
4. Rock the Casbah
Aired 8 August 2000 • 60 min
When Chris Caine, the frontman for True North, arrives at the cafe all hell breaks loose.
5. Undercover of the Night
Aired 15 August 2000 • 60 min
The cafe is put under siege by a small psychopath with a frozen turkey.
6. Shot by Both Sides
Aired 22 August 2000 • 60 min
After patrolling with the police for the day, Kidder turns vigilante
7. Please, Please, Please
Aired 29 August 2000 • 60 min
Beejay stages a charity night for his own benefit and convinces a miserable celebrity chef to host
8. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Aired 5 September 2000 • 60 min
While the staff are away sorting out their love lives, the regulars take over running the caff