Starring Martin Freeman, it was written and created by Simon Nye, the creator of Men Behaving Badly and directed by Ben Kellett.

The show's opening theme was "A Taste of Honey" by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass.

Hardware is set in "Hamway's Hardware Store" in London, where main character Mike (Martin Freeman) works with Steve (Ryan Cartwright) and Kenny (Peter Serafinowicz) for shop owner Rex (Ken Morley).

The series revolves around the store staff as they engage in a daily wisecrack battle with packs of DIY obsessed clients.

[1] The complete series of Hardware was released in February 2009 in the UK on Region 2 from Network DVD.