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Miranda Hart, Greg Davies and Alice Lowe BBC sketch pilot uncovered

Miranda Hart, Greg Davies and Alice Lowe made a dialogue-free sketch comedy for BBC Three in 2007.

British Comedy Guide, 11th March 2021

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London Is Funny, 7th June 2013

For those unaware, Sorry, I've Got No Head is a sketch show broadcast on the CBBC Channel.

Despite this being a children's show, it's surprising in many ways. For starters, there is quite a lot of good comic talent involved. Amongst those starring in the show include Marek Larwood, Justin Edwards, James Bachman, Marcus Brigstocke, Mel Giedroyc, Nick Mohammed, David Armand and Graham Norton in a voice-over.

The sketches include Jasmine and Prudith, a pair of eccentric posh women who believe everything costs a thousand pounds; Ross the schoolboy from the Outer Hebrides whose school has been badly damaged in a storm and is thus he is the only one who attends; the easily-scared Fearless Vikings; and The Witchfinder General who accuses anyone of being a witch if he doesn't get his own way.

Another interesting thing about Sorry, I've Got No Head is that it has no laughter track. Most TV sketch shows tend to have one, and you would expect a children's sketch show to do so as well, but this doesn't.

In a way the show treats the audience a bit more like adults than many other sketch comedies. The laughter track provokes you into laughing, which might explain why shows such as That Mitchell and Webb Look and The Armstrong and Miller Show have them, to encourage the viewers to laugh along and keep watching. Sorry, I've Got No Head doesn't see the need for one. Perhaps it's because this show is less of a risk as it's on a digital channel for children.

Sorry, I've Got No Head is quite a diverting show, which in its own way is entertaining for people of all ages. And if you're bit a embarrassed about watching it with other people, you can always look at it on the iPlayer as if it were a guilty pleasure.

Ian Wolf, Giggle Beats, 23rd May 2011

How much of this allegedly improvised show is actually made up on the spot and how much has been scripted and rehearsed is a matter of debate.

But if you can overlook this glaring infringement of comedy trading standards it's still a very funny - and surprisingly clean - show about 75 per cent of the time.

Hosted by Hugh Dennis, it also provides a good opportunity for comedians to offload all kinds of off-the-wall material they'd never be able to shoe-horn into a traditional stand-up gig, sitcom or topical panel show.

If you need any further persuasion to tune in tonight, I must urge you not to miss a game called 'Improvised Dance' which sees David Armand putting his own moves on You Can't Hurry Love. It's the most fun you'll ever have listening to Phil Collins.

Jane Simon, The Mirror, 28th January 2011

This improvised show promises to leave viewers gasping like Gillian McKeith facing a bucket of maggots.

Created by veteran producer Dan Paterson, it sounds like his Whose Line Is It Anyway? for a new generation no bad thing.

Comedy talent, including Laura Solon, Justin Edwards, Marek Larwood, Pippa Evans, Humphrey Ker, David Armand and Greg Davies, will be pitting their wits in a series of games spoofing films, TV programmes and music.

Host Hugh Dennis says: "We have electronic trickery, animated chickens, songs and games including a fantastic sideways scene. It's half an hour of controlled improvised silliness and there is no scoring and no stars."

Jane Simon, The Mirror, 14th January 2011

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