# small potatoes (tv series) genre: sitcom written by: richard pinto sharat sardana directed by: paul duane starring: tommy tiernan sanjeev bhaskar omid djalili country of origin: united kingdom original language: english no. of series: 2 no. of episodes: 13 production producer: richard pinto running time: 25 minutes production company: hat trick productions original release network: channel 4 release: 9 november 1999 - 11 september 2001 small potatoes is a british sitcom television series written by richard pinto and sharat sardana first broadcast on channel 4 from 1999 to 2001. starring tommy tiernan sanjeev bhaskar morgan jones and omid djalili it is set in east london and follows the life of a video rental shop employee ed hewitt and ir friends # synopsis underachieving twenty-something ed hewitt (tommy tiernan) has a media studies degree but ey works in a video shop in leytonstone; however ey tries not to descend to the level of ir layabout friends and fellow workers # episodes small potatoes ran for 13 episodes over two series **+** sick (9 november 1999) **+** sexuality (16 november 1999) **+** staff (23 november 1999) **+** scrubber (30 november 1999) **+** secrets (7 december 1999) **+** school (14 december 1999) **+** alien (31 july 2001) **+** jimminy critic (7 august 2001) **+** butch (14 august 2001) **+** blackout (21 august 2001) **+** unbearable whiteness of being (29 august 2001) **+** club (4 september 2001) **+** sad max (11 september 2001) // republic of bob