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<p><i>Lock, Stock...</i> is a seven-part British television crime drama series, co-written and created by <a href="/facts/Guy_Ritchie/klJBRufW">Guy Ritchie</a>, as a spin-off from his 1998 film <i><a href="/facts/Lock%2c_Stock_and_Two_Smoking_Barrels/yDyKBJVk">Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels</a></i>. The series first broadcast on Channel 4 on 29 May 2000 with a feature-length pilot, <i>Lock, Stock and Four Stolen Hooves</i>. </p><p>The series stars <a href="/facts/Daniel_Caltagirone/bYw1HDCI">Daniel Caltagirone</a>, <a href="/facts/Del_Synnott/TbdxksJz">Del Synnott</a>, <a href="/facts/Scott_Maslen/Hu2fKyuH">Scott Maslen</a> and <a href="/facts/Shaun_Parkes/m1qDUMtI">Shaun Parkes</a> as close friends Moon, Jamie, Bacon and Lee, who run <i>The Lock</i>, a <a href="/facts/Public_house/1vDaSw0H">public house</a> in <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>. Each episode focuses on the four friends attempting a different business venture, and the comedy of errors that ensues. <a href="/facts/Ralph_Brown/9atw0BgM">Ralph Brown</a> also stars as local gangland boss Miami Vice. </p>