BBC launches Unhinged comedy shorts series
- Unhinged, a series of 20 comedy shorts, are being released via the BBC Studios Funny Parts YouTube channel
- Stars include Dave Benson Phillips, Nina Wadia, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Alasdair Beckett-King and Helen Bauer
- Funny Parts is also launching 20 Questions, a street game show format hosted by TikTok star Cole Anderson-James
BBC Studios has launched Unhinged, a series of comedy shorts for its Funny Parts online channel.
The series - which will run until December - comprises of twenty one-off sketches. The episodes, overseen by Daddy's Superyacht Productions, have been directed by Benjamin Sutton and scripted by head writer Charlie Dinkin alongside Sutton, Zoë Tomalin, Emerald Paston and Kieran Murphy.
The blurb explains: "With subject matter ranging from an eye-test gone wrong, to fame-hungry estate agents, and a very suspicious arctic exploration, these zeitgeisty short films are tinged with darkness."
More than 65 UK-based comedians star in the series, including Rich Fulcher, Martin Trenaman, Dave Benson Phillips, Nina Wadia, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Alasdair Beckett-King, Helen Bauer, Dan Tiernan, Rosie Holt, Seán Burke, Eleanor Morton, Sunil Patel, Olga Koch, Peter McGann and Kirk Flash.
Episodes coming soon have titles such as 'Landlord who wants to be your mate', 'Every MP after losing their seat' and 'What if dinosaurs were built different'.
The first episode - property reality show spoof Selling Swindon, which stars Holly Kellingray, Brooke Jones, James Trickey and Jin Hao Li - is online now:
20 Questions
Also launching imminently on Funny Parts, and again produced by Daddy's Superyacht, is 20 Questions, a on-the-street game show format hosted by TikTok star Cole Anderson-James.
The ten-part series, produced by Kevin Muyolo (Munya Chawawa's Race Around Britain), sees contestants given 20 chances to guess who the mystery guests are, to potentially win "a staggering £200".
The producers say: "With exciting guests and plenty of laugh out loud moments, viewers will learn about the wild worlds of competitive pea throwing, OAP escorting, and even flying a fighter jet."