I know it's silly to expect the BBC to take risks (and 10 brownie points to anyone who can tell me the last time the beeb took on a comedy act who hadn't been tried and tested by another channel or outlet. Catherine Tate was already known from Big Train, among other things. Little Britain had been previewed on radio. Saxondale was another effort from BBC legend Steve Coogan The list goes on) and Channel 4 prefers to import it's comedy, but why-oh-why won't anyone play anything original? The new series of extras is... kind of like the first series. That Mitchell and Webb look, penned by two comedy actors i really admire, is a not-as-good version of Big Train.
Is it a case of everything has been done, or major channels not willing to stray from profitable ideas? (i.e. the Little Britain coup)
2006-09-21
03:09:12
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skapunkplaything
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