Hebburn (TV series) A six-part series was then commissioned by Channel X North and Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow Productions. Cook co-wrote the series with Graham Duff, who had written the sitcom "Ideal". Chris Ramsey, a comic from South Shields, was cast to play Jack Pearson, with Kimberley Nixon as his new wife, Sarah. Vic Reeves (credited under his real name, Jim Moir) and Gina McKee were cast as his parents. The show also featured Geordie actors Victoria Elliott and Lisa McGrillis, alongside performances from North East stand-ups Steffen Peddie, Barry Dodds and Alfie Joey. Principal photography began with a week's shoot
Hebburn (TV series) last-ever episode of "Hebburn" as it was later axed in March 2014. The first series received mixed reviews. "The Guardian"s Sam Wollaston labelled the series "Hebburn Meh-burn", saying that its "neither brave nor original," claiming that the characters "don't behave or speak like real people, they behave and speak like a sitcom family." similarly, "The Independent"s Tom Sutcliffe suggested "there's not a lot in "Hebburn" that you haven't seen before", comparing the show to "The Royle Family". However, Sutcliffe says that "Hebburn" "is quite distinctively its own thing", and praises the show's "sharpness of characterisation for them to show how