The fourth and final series of The Green Green Grass originally aired between 8 January 2009 and 5 March 2009, beginning with the episode "The Path of True Love".
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The series continued to feature the seven main characters that appeared in series one.
Samantha Sutherland's character, Sara, who was Tyler's girlfriend, was a regular throughout the series before as was Llewellyn (Alan David) and Ray (Nigel Harrison).
Production
The series was produced by Shazam Production, a company that produces comedies by John Sullivan. The series was filmed at Teddington Studios, with a live audience. All episodes in the first series were directed by Dewi Humphreys. This particular series was written by Jim Sullivan, John Sullivan, Keith Lindsay, David Cantor, Robert Evans, Gary Lawson and John Phelps.
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Viewers
The series began airing on Thursday evenings, at 8:30. The series slumped slightly with viewers, with the first episode, "The Path of True Love", gaining 4.07 million viewers, which was not in the top thirty highest ratings. Ratings then fell for the rest of the series.