Sunshine is a three-part comedy drama that began on 7 October 2008 on BBC One, from the co-writers of The Royle Family and Early Doors.
[1] Bob 'Bing' Crosby (Steve Coogan) has always been popular with friends and others around his area but he has a gambling problem, meaning he cannot resist the temptation to bet on horse races.
[2][3] Bernadette (Lisa Millett) is Bob's childhood friend who became his lover and is now the mother of their son Joe, played by actor Dominic Senior.
Sam Wollaston reviewed the first episode for The Guardian liked Coogan's lead performance saying "once you get used to him being a charming idiot rather than a comic genius, he's actually pretty good at it: acting, I mean."
"[4] Nancy Banks-Smith looked at the last episode for the same paper, and suggested "Bernard Hill gave a simply magnificent performance as the dying grandfather in Sunshine (BBC1), against some formidable scene-stealers.".