Ideal

2005 • BBC
4.8
57 reviews
Eligible
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Season 7 episodes (7)

1 The Police
5/26/11
Season-only
Moz plots to win back the heart of his true love: Jenny. However, when he discovers she's joined the police force, his plans are thrown into disarray.
2 The Brothel
6/9/11
Season-only
Moz and Nicki start running rival hash dealing businesses. A price war soon kicks off with each attempting to undercut the other. Meanwhile, across the landing, Brian and Carmel have opened a brothel.
3 The Debtors
6/2/11
Season-only
A penniless Moz calls in his debts. However, his mates seem very reluctant to pay him back. Meanwhile, Jess falls under the spell of masked hit man Cartoon Head.
4 The Paintings
6/16/11
Season-only
Mistakenly believing Moz to be an avant garde artist, Tilly arranges for him have an exhibition. Meanwhile, Jess and Cartoon Head experiment with ketamine and find themselves way out of their depth.
5 The Love
6/23/11
Season-only
Moz tries to turn his friendship with Tilly into a full blown relationship. Meanwhile, Colin hires his estranged wife Carmel as an escort girl.
6 The Red King
6/30/11
Season-only
Moz comes face with a gang of deadly gingers known as The Red Mist. Carmel has to choose between Colin and Jake, whilst Yasuko leaves Derrick for Fist.
101 The Red Mist
6/3/11
Season-only
The Red Mist are a deadly gang of gingers who are taking over Salford. They are threatening both Moz and Nicki's drug dealing businesses and even Psycho Paul’s gang are contemplating joining forces with their old enemies the Low Triad. The Red Mist really are a ginger force to be reckoned with. In this behind the scenes footage from Ideal series 7, Graham Duff talks about the idea behind the Red Mist. Plus we hear from the cast of ginger actors what they really think about being part of Salford's most notorious red haired gang.

About this show

Moz has been dealing drugs for over twenty years from his small bedsit in Manchester which he shares with his girlfriend, Nicki. But despite his chosen profession Moz is a man of principles who believes he is providing a crucial service to the local community, which pretty much extends as far as his closest friends: Kuldip, an Asian DJ and police constable who is also Moz's chief cannabis supplier; Jane, the childminder from hell; Brian, a camp scally who seems to have a new boyfriend every week and a man who always wears a cartoon mask, simply known as 'Cartoon Head'.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
57 reviews
Chris Taylor
April 20, 2018
Brilliant series. Ideal is an easy going light comedy that's perfect for anyone with a sense of humour and not offended by drug references.
MICKY DUNLOP
March 2, 2015
CAN'T get anuf of this original commedy! Really worth the money ! I'm going to get every Serious.
Daryl Morgan
October 20, 2015
All are outstanding some of the funniest stuff I have ever seen