Well, I didn't update. So I shall now.
Potential. Lots of it. But needs cleaning up a bit. As the nutty one said, it got a bit too surreal towards the end, which didn't really fit in with what we'd seen at the beginning. But on the whole, pretty good.
Anyone know if the "Scum Also Rises" is being repeated as I missed it and really wanted to watch it.
only repeated if you are testing the BBC iPlayer
If anyone is interested they're finally going to repeat "Sound" in June. I missed it the first time. It's got Sam Riley in, the guy who is playing Joy Division's, Ian Curtis in the movie, "Control."
From radiotimes:
SoundFriday 08 June
11:30pm - 12:00am
BBC3
Sitcom pilot about Danny and Shay, two lads trapped in dead end jobs and still living at home, who decide to escape their humdrum lives by setting up a record label.
I enjoyed that one, i think it was the best one so far.
Quote: ContainsNuts @ June 1, 2007, 1:07 PMonly repeated if you are testing the BBC iPlayer
Hi!
Sorry to revive an old thread, but I was wondering whether anyone happened to record "The Scum Also Rises" when it was on?
I deleted my copy of it and am now wanting to track it down if anyone can help.
If there's some kind soul out there who can assist, please drop me a line!
Many thanks.
I may have it. Which episode was it?
Hi!
It's the one set in an advertising agency, with Adam Buxton, Kevin Bishop and Chris Barrie.
I have it(somewhere)if your still stuck.
Quote: Britcom Barry @ 21st May 2007, 5:17 PMThere a sitcom pilot on tonight called "coming of age" followed next week by a show called "The scum also rises" Digiguide have this list as a drama but as it stars Chris Barrie, Kevin Bishop and Adam Buxton I think it's a good bet that is going to be a funny.
SPECIAL INTEREST: Coming of Age
Channel: BBC 3 6
Date: Monday 21st May 2007
Time: 21:30 to 22:00 (starting this evening)
Duration: 30 minutes.
Dani Harmer, Tony Bignell. Sitcom pilot. Matt's dreams come true when his best friend Chloe gives him an unexpected night-time treat. Jas tries a new technique with her piccolo to persuade boyfriend Ollie to tell his mum about their relationship. When DK gets arrested for drink-driving, he learns it's better to spit than to swallow.
(Stereo, Subtitles)Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=105344 Copyright GipsyMedia Ltd.
DRAMA: The Scum Also Rises
Channel: BBC 3 6
Date: Monday 28th May 2007
Time: 21:30 to 22:00 (starting in 7 days)
Duration: 30 minutes.
Stealing Happiness.
Set in the successful ad agency HHH&H, the series focuses on creative Billy, who is suffering from writer's block, a hapless account executive and a neurotic producer.
Starring: Chris Barrie, Kevin Bishop, Adam Buxton, Tom PriceExcerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=105344 Copyright GipsyMedia Ltd.
These are two of the pilots mentioned here: https://www.comedy.co.uk/news/old_story/140/.
Spacehopper and Sound were on in March of the same year, a week apart from each other like the two above are. Oddly, though, Biffovision was first broadcast at 3 in the morning in the same week in March, and was later repeated a week after The Scum Also Rises, but at midnight instead of 9:30pm. Seems like a waste.
These pilots were shown not long after the Comedy Specials strand, as the news article above says. It seems like BBC Three wanted things to commission after that, as none of the Comedy Specials were commissioned, and four out of five of the pilots that followed were. Only the unfortunate Biffovision wasn't.
Comedy Specials thread: https://www.comedy.co.uk/forums/thread/733/
Comedy Specials page on the BBC Three website: https://web.archive.org/web/20080201090506/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/programmes/comedy_specials/