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- | Team captains: Dave Gorman and Jane Moore | + | Team captains: [[Dave Gorman]] and Jane Moore |
== Broadcast == | == Broadcast == | ||
- | + | Jones the Film for BBC Three, 11 July 2006 to 4 June 2007 (12 episodes in 2 series) | |
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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Is it a comedy or is it a panel game? It's a bit of both but mostly the former, if you ask us, but it isn't listed in the BBC Online Comedy Guide as a comedy so who knows? | Is it a comedy or is it a panel game? It's a bit of both but mostly the former, if you ask us, but it isn't listed in the BBC Online Comedy Guide as a comedy so who knows? | ||
- | We're listing this for historical value only, if we're honest. [[Rob Brydon]] - playing a nastier, more callous version of himself - hosts a comedy panel game for real in front of a real audience who think | + | We're listing this for historical value only, if we're honest. [[Rob Brydon]] - playing a nastier, more callous version of himself - hosts a comedy panel game for real in front of a real audience who think it's real. However, the programme actually appears in clip format as a show-with-a-show (it's as if ''The Mousetrap'' hadn't happened) with heavily-scripted behind the scenes preparations packaged around it. Therefore, essentially this is a sitcom based around a game show, not vice versa. |
Somehow Rob Brydon's far too likeable and endearing to be believable as a shallow celebrity host, unlike Gary Shandling's Larry Sanders, and the concept falls down rather on that point. However, there are some good gags if you stick with it. | Somehow Rob Brydon's far too likeable and endearing to be believable as a shallow celebrity host, unlike Gary Shandling's Larry Sanders, and the concept falls down rather on that point. However, there are some good gags if you stick with it. | ||
- | == | + | == Web links == |
- | + | [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007ghh8 BBC programme page] | |
- | + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Brydon%27s_Annually_Retentive Wikipedia entry] | |
- | [http://www. | + | [http://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/rob_brydons_annually_retentive/ British Comedy Guide entry] |
- | == | + | == See also == |
- | [ | + | [[Weaver's Week 2006-08-13#Annually Retentive|Weaver's Week review]] |
[[Category:Comedy Panel Game]] | [[Category:Comedy Panel Game]] |
Current revision as of 21:25, 26 December 2023
Contents |
Host
Co-hosts
Team captains: Dave Gorman and Jane Moore
Broadcast
Jones the Film for BBC Three, 11 July 2006 to 4 June 2007 (12 episodes in 2 series)
Synopsis
Is it a comedy or is it a panel game? It's a bit of both but mostly the former, if you ask us, but it isn't listed in the BBC Online Comedy Guide as a comedy so who knows?
We're listing this for historical value only, if we're honest. Rob Brydon - playing a nastier, more callous version of himself - hosts a comedy panel game for real in front of a real audience who think it's real. However, the programme actually appears in clip format as a show-with-a-show (it's as if The Mousetrap hadn't happened) with heavily-scripted behind the scenes preparations packaged around it. Therefore, essentially this is a sitcom based around a game show, not vice versa.
Somehow Rob Brydon's far too likeable and endearing to be believable as a shallow celebrity host, unlike Gary Shandling's Larry Sanders, and the concept falls down rather on that point. However, there are some good gags if you stick with it.