Strictly Come Dancing winner Chris McCausland teams up with a rival neighbour to protect his community from a notorious crime family.
New Sky film Bad Timings sees two rival neighbours Scott (Chris McCausland) and Neil (Lee Mack) feud against each other about Christmas lights, bins and Scott becoming the new head of the Neighbourhood Watch.
But when the suburb is plunged into darkness, the pair are forced to work together to watch over their neighbours’ homes to prevent a neighbourhood crime spree by the crime family The Brennans.
The new Sky movie will air on Sky and NOW on December 22 and will be available to watch again on catch-up to your heart’s content afterwards too.
But who is in the cast and how can you watch the new film?
The full cast of Bad Tidings
Lee Mack, who plays Neil, is best known for his leading role in BBC sitcom Not Going Out and his hosting duties on comedy panel show Would I Lie To You , ITV game show The 1% Club , and Sky Original game show, Duck Quacks Don’t Echo.
Scott, played by Chris McCausland, is a stand-up comedian who has previously been seen on panel shows including Have I Got News For You, Would I Lie To You? and 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. He often uses his experiences as a blind man as a source of his comedy. He is competing in the 2024 series of BBC1 dance show Strictly Come Dancing.
Outside TV, Lee and Chris are good friends and previously been seen on-screen together in Not Going Out episode The Train and presented an award at the TV BAFTAs.
The wider cast includes:
- Rebekah Staton (The Midwich Cuckoos, Raised by Wolves)
- Ben Crompton ( COBRA, Game Of Thrones, Wolfe)
- Sarah Alexander ( Smack The Pony, Stardust, Green Wing)
- Millie Kiss ( Eight For Silver, An American in Austen)
- Emily Coates ( Cursed, The Great, The Little Mermaid)
- Josiah Eloi (Changing Ends)
- Tupele Dorgu
- Sunil Patel
- Donna Preston
- Rich Keeble
How to watch Bad Tidings
Bad Tidings will air on Sky and NOW on December 22 and will be available to watch again on catch-up.
With Sky’s new Essential TV bundle, members can tune into more than 100 channels like Sky Atlantic, plus countless films and series on Netflix and Discovery+, for £15 per month over the festive period and beyond.
This is the lowest price we’ve ever seen from the company – even beating the £19 Black Friday deal – and is available to those willing to switch to a new Sky Stream box.
This device uses internet connectivity instead of a satellite dish to deliver content to your television, offering features like personalised recommendations, easy access to streaming apps and a smart Playlist function for storing content,