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'Coming Of Age' In The Press...Recent stories from our news team:
Coming Of Age: Clues about Series 3 Writer Tim Dawson reveals there will be a new character in the third series. Written by Tim Dawson. BBC Three Blog, 23rd July 2010 I've been told by the wonderful folks at the BBC that there have been a silly amount of requests for the lyrics to DK's raps. Written by Joe Tracini. BBC Comedy Blog, 1st March 2010 Writer Tim Dawson on the return of Coming of Age The idea for Coming of Age came to me when I was eighteen and trying to find a way out of doing more exams. I've always loved sitcom and I'd always wondered why there wasn't a proper sitcom about teenage life, so one weekend I sat down, wrote a script and sent it to the BBC. Written by Tim Dawson. BBC Comedy Blog, 12th January 2010 Joe Tracini's Coming of Age Diary 5 Hello all! So, it is my sad duty to tell you that filming of Coming of Age series two has come to an end. We had highs and lows, laughter and tears, singing and dancing, sexual innuendo and just plain dirty talking. Twas a wonderful few months. Some good news coming at you though, it will be on your screens early 2010, WOOHOO! Written by Joe Tracini. Coming Of Age, 27th October 2009 Joe Tracini's Coming of Age Diary 4 Hey! I believe we did something that hasn't been done before this week... we filmed the first 60 scene sitcom episode in front of a live studio audience! Written by Joe Tracini. BBC Comedy Blog, 1st September 2009 Joe Tracini's Coming of Age Diary 3 "Well, since the last time I wrote anything, we've filmed two episodes, and we've started shooting them out of order, so we've finished Episode Two and Episode Five! Both went very well." Written by Joe Tracini. BBC Comedy Blog, 11th August 2009 Joe Tracini's Coming of Age Diary 2 It's been a glorious few weeks on the Coming of Age set! We went on location in the metropolis that is Watford for a week, which is always fun. Written by Joe Tracini. BBC Comedy Blog, 4th August 2009 Joe Tracini's Coming of Age Diary Joe Tracini, who plays DK in the BBC Three sitcom Coming of Age, is writing a blog to keep people informed of what's happening as they rehearse and film series 2. Written by Joe Tracini. BBC Blogs, 21st July 2009 I'm sorry. I'm so very, very sorry. The BBC have commissioned another series of tawdry pusfest Coming of Age. That means, somewhere in the world, Jas, Ollie, Matt, Chloe and DK will be proffering lame jokes about gobbles on the sofa and erections over inanimate objects. If you haven't seen it and like putting yourself through absolute torture, then it's worth catching it. Honestly, it makes White Chicks look like a Hitchcock thriller. Review of the joint Comic Relief Special with Two Pints and Grownups: Having crammed the casts of all three programmes onto one small set, leaving them with little to do except stand awkwardly around like infants at a Christmas concert, the show proceeded to unleash a barrage of the lamest jokes ever be to inflicted in the name of charity. In a good cause? Certainly. Terrible? Definitely. But then my opinion is poisoned by an abiding aversion to Coming Of Age. Working to combat poverty, suffering and injustice is all well and good, but if Comic Relief promised to eradicate Coming Of Age I would really put my hand in my pocket. By a light year, this was the worst show of 2008. So bad was it that I briefly considered jacking my job in as a TV critic... no lies. Imagine the most tawdry, lazy, vapid, vacuous show you've ever seen and then multiply by a million. If you can imagine that, then you're about a third of the way to understand just how dismal this show is. Without doubt, Coming of Age is the worst thing ever broadcast in television history. There isn't a word invented to tell you how bad it is. When I wrote my original review for this show, I noted that although I thought it was pretty naff, I didn't mind it. Since that first episode, however, my ability to put up with endless knob gags from a bunch of unreal teenage characters has declined rapidly. There's just no getting away from it. This is an absolute pile of shit. The BBC should be ashamed. I sat through Coming Of Age with the will to live seeping from my every pore, leaving me drenched in a puddle of despair. Apparently writer Tim Dawson was 19 when he wrote it, which is about six years older than I would have guessed. Written by Harry Venning. The Stage, 13th October 2008 Richmond College student stars in BBC sitcom An article about Anabel Barnston, who plays Chloe in Coming Of Age. Written by Melissa Hills. Richmond and Twickenham Times, 13th October 2008 Coming Of Age is one of those shows that, patently, you either love or loathe. One thing was for certain - BBC Three was obviously aiming at its new, laser-like precision demographic. I was intrigued and was willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. I strapped myself in... and was amazed. Coming Of Age may be the worst BBC Three sitcom yet. It is, like most of the channel's output, supposedly aimed at teenagers, even written by one (19-year-old Tim Dawson), but I refuse to believe that even the easiest-to-please teenager is happy to accept something so horribly written, horribly acted and horribly vulgar in lieu of actual humour. OK, I'll be honest, I was expecting to really, really hate Coming of Age. That's not a good way to approach a new television show, I know, but I couldn't help it. I'd seen the trailer. It looked bad. And yes, having now seen the first episode, my opinion is that there is indeed a hell of a lot wrong with Coming of Age. Written by David Sharpe. Cool Blue Shed, 1st October 2008 Getting a 19-year-old to write a sitcom reflecting the lives of young people is a good idea. Letting him (Tim Dawson) get away with something that plainly doesn't work is a very, very bad idea. There seems to be no point in the piloting process if the channel controller picks one of the weakest entries for a full run and then makes it a lot less funny than the original. The Custard TV, 1st October 2008 Ladies and Gentlemen, I know I've said this before, but this time, I mean it. I've seen the worst TV show ever transmitted in broadcast history. Imagine the most tawdry, lazy, vapid, vacuous show you've ever seen and then multiply by a million. If you can imagine that, then you're about a third of the way to understand just how dismal Coming Of Age is. Written by Mof Gimmers. TV Scoop, 1st October 2008 To create a comedy its core audience will like, BBC3 asked 19-year-old Tim Dawson to write about a gang of A-level students. But do teen viewers want Coming of Age's creaky old gags, desperate puns and endless, hammeringly unsubtle innuendo? It's a depressing prospect. The Radio Times, 30th September 2008 To create a comedy its core audience will like, BBC3 asked 19-year-old Tim Dawson to write about a gang of A-level students. But do teen viewers want Coming of Age's creaky old gags, desperate puns and endless, hammeringly unsubtle innuendo? It's a depressing prospect. The Radio Times, 30th September 2008 At 19, Tim Dawson is the youngest scriptwriter ever to have a series commissioned by the BBC. Wow! Pitched somewhere between E4's Skins and the Beeb's Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, this sitcom, written by teenager Tim Dawson, clearly has the youth demographic in mind. BBC3 continues its mission to be painfully hip and down with the young audience it is desperate to attract with this woefully misfiring sitcom about a group of sixth form students. It's hackneyed and feels like it was made about 10 years ago with gags that fail to hit their mark with alarming regularity. Just because it's written by a 19 year old doesn't mean it's going to appeal to the youngsters. Avoid. Mark Wright, The Stage, 29th September 2008 Scriptwriter pens BBC sitcom at 19 Article about Tim Dawson, with photo of Dawson and Paul Mayhew-Archer. Written by Gordon Rogers. This Is Oxfordshire, 13th April 2007 |
