Torn Up Tales. Image shows from L to R: Beauty (Emma Fryer), Beast (Tony Way). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
Torn Up Tales

Torn Up Tales

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Three
  • 2008
  • 1 pilot

Pilot comedy which offers a comic re-telling of Beauty and the Beast. Stars Emma Fryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Tony Way, Emma Kearney, Zoe Iqbal and more.

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2008
Channel
BBC Three
Episodes
1 Pilot
Stars
Emma Fryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Tony Way, Emma Kearney, Zoe Iqbal, Faye McKeever, Darren Dutton, Jodie Foulds and more
Writers
Darren Dutton and Rebecca Papworth
Director
Julian Butler
Producers
Janet Hampson, Rebecca Papworth and Rebecca Christensen
Company

Surreal, anarchic comic retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Clint 'Beast' Wood owns the Beans cafe with his evil wife, when one day Beauty and her wayward friends appear. Lipsynching punks and an 18th century narrator add to the colourful mayhem.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 2nd June 2008 at 11pm on BBC Three
Episode length
30 minutes

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