Carrie & Barry is a British television sitcom. First broadcast on BBC One between 2004 and 2005, it stars Neil Morrissey, Claire Rushbrook, Mark Williams and Michelle Gomez.

Carrie & Barry
GenreSitcom
Written bySimon Nye
Directed byMartin Dennis
Starring
Opening theme"Happy Heart"
by Andy Williams
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producersMark Freeland
Beryl Vertue
ProducerSue Vertue
EditorMykola Pawluk
Running time30 minutes
Production companyHartswood Films
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release3 September 2004 (2004-09-03) –
3 December 2005 (2005-12-03)

Produced by Hartswood Films, it reunited Morrissey with writer Simon Nye, executive producer Beryl Vertue and director Martin Dennis. It was produced by Sue Vertue.

Neil Morrissey plays part-time taxi driver Barry and Claire Rushbrook is his beautician wife Carrie. The couple find themselves with the daily challenges of keeping the spice in their marriage and the fun in their day jobs – as well as having to deal with Barry's teenage daughter Sinéad (Sarah Quintrell) from his disastrous first marriage. In an interview for Best magazine in 2012 Neil Morrissey stated that this role remains the one role of which he is the most proud.

Mark Williams plays Barry's mate Kirk, who co-owns his black cab (he does the night shifts) whilst Michelle Gomez is Carrie's acid-tongued best friend and fellow beautician Michelle.

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