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A documentary about the weird and wonderful world of personalised car number plates, focussing on 4 men called Nigel, all in pursuit of the perfect nameplate: N1GEL. A universal tale of one-upmanship and the quest for status.
1 x 30 – Channel 4
“A terribly British tale about the pathos of status anxiety and very funny with it.”
— The Guardian
“A quirky and unexpectedly revealing documentary”
— The Daily Mail
“Ellena Wood has earned her slot in C4’s First Cut series – her premise burns rubber.”
— Time Out
“Quirky and sweet debut documentary”
— The Independent
“This isn’t as funny as you might think. It’s not an excuse to point and laugh. Instead this film is an examination of weak-minded self-promotion, one-upmanship within a particularly male niche of the wider world’s consumer led desire to display status through possession, achievement through acquisition”
— The Observer
“Ellena Wood intended to make a film about why some men (it’s almost always men), feel the need to have personalised number plate. What she got however, was a film about a battle between various Nigels in their goal to have the ultimate plate: N1GEL”
— The Guardian