Hitmen
Having stumbled into a career in contract killing, misfits Fran and Jamie are not your typical killers for hire. Working out of their scruffy van, each episode follows the hapless duo as they try to carry out their latest hit, inevitably derailed by incompetence, bickering, and inane antics. As each hit goes south, our (anti)heroes are thrown into one bizarre misadventure after another, each full of oddball characters and unexpected dilemmas.
Misfits, friends, and contract killers - Jamie and Fran are back and ready to put on their 80s gear for a school reunion, where a vengeful assassin lies in wait.
Fran and Jamie stake out an arms dealer, Rear Window style, with a sniper rifle. But the hit gets derailed when Jamie gets distracted by goings-on next door.
After killing a drug lord prematurely, Fran and Jamie hire a bit-part actor to impersonate him - but the thespian has too much gusto for his own good.
With their partnership increasingly fraught and the blood of a funeral director on their hands, Fran and Jamie are pursued by the man's vengeful son.
Convinced that Kat is up to no good, Fran hires a private investigator to dig up some dirt as she and Jamie prepare for their final hit.
Now imprisoned, Fran watches her captor live out her dream friendship on CCTV. But when Jamie starts to smell a rat, the plan changes quickly.
It's Fran's birthday, and Jamie wants to celebrate, but it seems none of their friends are available to come to dinner. To make matters worse they're stuck in the van holding a corrupt lawyer hostage.
Fran and Jamie capture an embezzling accountant, only to discover that their client wants them to extract information from her, by torture if necessary. Fran tries some psychological warfare, but is reduced to tears within seconds as their hostage dishes out life advice, while Jamie tries her luck only to be completely outwitted
Fran and Jamie are preparing a fresh grave in front of their latest hapless victim, but a personal argument between the pair allows the captive to escape.
Fran and Jamie dress up as Simon and Garfunkel as part of a plan to abduct a sleazy DJ, but a vicious dog brings them a whole world of trouble.
There's blunder after blunder as bumbling contract killers Fran and Jamie try to take out a former and rather insane fellow hit man.
Mr K sends a third hit man in to help hapless Fran and Jamie. But as he drives a wedge between the friends, Fran faces the biggest decision of her life.
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| Language | English |
| Release | 2020-03-25 |
| Producer | Tiger Aspect Productions |