Acquaintances (TV story)

Acquaintances was a live mini-episode that aired on The John Bishop Show. It was written by John Bishop and featured Bishop as his Doctor Who character Dan Lewis appearing with his wok that debuted in War of the Sontarans.

It featured characters from the shows Friends and Downton Abbey.

Synopsis
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Plot
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Cast

 * Dan Lewis - John Bishop
 * Lord Grantham - Hugh Bonneville
 * Monica Geller - Courtney Cox
 * Cora Crawley - Elizabeth McGovern

Crew

 * Writer - John Bishop
 * Director - Pete Deagle, Jeanette Goulbourn, Paul Routledge
 * Programme associate - Ray Bradshaw, Matthew Crosby, James Gill
 * Line producer - Shanna Baynard
 * Executive producer - John Bishop, Luke Shiach, Graham Stuart, Lisa Thomas
 * Edit producer - Tom Corrigan, Matt Nida
 * Producer - Pete Deagle, Tom Groves, Paul Routledge
 * Assistant producer - Rav Dehele, Emma Ison
 * Series producer - Charlotte Barker
 * Talent producer - Jared Mather
 * VT assistant producer - Allie Nicholls
 * VT editor - Jon Ellis, Del Shoebridge
 * Production designer - Jonathan Paul Green
 * Art director - Sophie Irish
 * Make-up artist - Nadia Altinbas
 * Director of production - Rebecca Cotterill
 * Production manager - Georgie Nicholls
 * Sound supervisor - Rob Ashard
 * Grams operator - Cliff Hughes
 * VT crew - Wes Tastard, Dean Gray, Tanas Rado, Richard Shaw, Alex Rook
 * Camera supervisor - Ahmet Bekir
 * EVS operator - Jack Churchill
 * Lighting director - Chris Rigby
 * Stylists - Manveer Sagoo, Gareth Scourfield
 * Vision mixer - Dominic Beresford
 * Script supervisor - Susan Wills
 * Production accountant - Carole Brooks
 * Runners - Milo Caskey, Beaumont Chivers, Chloe Ketter, Emma Manders
 * Production secretary - Sara Da Luz Roberts
 * Researcher - Sashi Gopalakrishnan, Mikaela Wood
 * Autocue - Lizzy Halton
 * Senior production coordinator - Annabel Hill
 * Floor manager - Lou Mansfield
 * Business affairs - Katharine Muldown
 * Junior production coordinator - Craig Robert Worrall

Story notes

 * Throughout The John Bishop Show Bishop was allowed to include Doctor Who elements to help promote the then-ongoing Series 13. In one episode of the show he displayed an explicit image of Dan Lewis and Karvanista engaging in coitus.

Continuity

 * Dan is carrying his wok. (TV: War of the Sontarans)