NY-LON (Channel 4 2004, Rashida Jones, Stephen Moyer)

NY-LON was a somewhat groundbreaking drama series from Channel 4, set in two great cities and features a passionate love affair spanning 3,000 miles.

It was the first ever UK drama series to be filmed partly on location in New York’s Lower East Side and had an exciting transatlantic cast, NY-LON follows the troubled romance between a bohemian New York record store clerk, Edie (Rashida Jones), and London stock broker Michael (Stephen Moyer), after their chance meeting in his city.

The series followed the disparate couple through the highs and lows of their very modern romance, the intervention of opinionated friends and the inevitable culture clash.

The abbreviations of the two cities’ names formed the series’ title.

production details
UK / Channel 4 – A Pandemonium Films Ltd – Touchpaper Television / 7×50 minute episodes / Broadcast 24 August – 5 October 2004

Creators: Simon Burke and Anya Camilleri / Writer: Simon Burke / Script Editor: Clare Alan / Theme Music: Hal Lindes / Executive Producer: Rob Pursey / Producer: Peter Norris

cast
RASHIDA JONES as Edie
STEPHEN MOYER as Michael
RACHEL MINER as Astrid
NAVIN CHOWDHRY as Raph
DAVID ROGERS as Luke
EMILY CORRIE as Lauren
CHRISTINE ADAMS as Katherine
ANNA WILSON JONES as Tabitha
MARIT KILE as Kristin