Steven Canny
- Producer and executive producer
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Sian Gibson joins Mike Bubbins' sitcom Mammoth as it comes to BBC Two
Mike Bubbins' sitcom Mammoth will air UK-wide on BBC Two, with Sian Gibson joining the cast, British Comedy Guide can exclusively reveal as we share a first image from the series.
British Comedy Guide, 24th March 2024Doon Mackichan returns to Two Doors Down
Doon Mackichan is returning to Two Doors Down for its forthcoming seventh series.
British Comedy Guide, 16th June 2023Mrs Brown's Boys to return for four new episodes
The BBC has confirmed that Mrs. Brown's Boys will return for a new mini-series, with four episodes set to be filmed this spring for transmission later this year.
British Comedy Guide, 5th March 2023The Time Machine: A Comedy review
This riff on HG Wells's sci-fi novella has a sharp cast but relies on a wearisome play-within-a-play concept and lacks momentum.
Chris Wiegand, The Guardian, 3rd March 2023Two Doors Down moving next door to BBC One for seventh series
Two Doors Down is moving to BBC One for its seventh series, with six more episodes set to air later this year.
British Comedy Guide, 21st February 2023Doon Mackichan departs Two Doors Down
Doon Mackichan, who plays Cathy in hit sitcom Two Doors Down, is leaving the show. However, Siobhan Redmond will be joining the cast for the forthcoming Series 6.
British Comedy Guide, 18th August 2022Two Doors Down to return for Christmas special
BBC Two has revealed that Two Doors Down will return for a surprise Christmas special, ahead of a fifth series arriving on the channel in 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd October 2020Two Doors Down to return for Series 5
BBC Scotland's hit sitcom Two Doors Down is to return to BBC Two for a fifth series.
British Comedy Guide, 1st June 2020Brian Gulliver's Travels is a new comedy, written by Bill Dare, produced by Steven Canny and starring Neil Pearson. He plays a maker of travel programmes, in hospital, claiming to have had strange encounters in an unknown continent. He's been away six years. His estranged daughter Rachel (Mariah Gale) visits him, hears his story, the first of (you've guessed it) six adventures. He was flying over the Amazon when his plane crashed, he landed in water (to his surprise, it was warm) and was picked up by a ship.
This ship was crewed by friendly people without any hair, speaking English. He is taken to the ship's doctor, given a welcome pill, a scan. Soon he discovers he is meeting people who live in a Medocracy. Not only do doctors rule, their deity is medical too. In this country, Gelbetia, people are not unfit. They have symptoms which are treated. The captain of the ship suffers from Incompetence Syndrome. Laziness is Effort Deficit Syndrome. Diet is prescribed, exercise is compulsory. Naturally there is a rebel movement. They raid gyms, destroy the running machines, burn leotards, throw the lentil smoothies down the drain, eat chocolate gateau. Brian takes up with them. When they're caught and jailed the worst punishment is six months' hard yoga. At the very end, Rachel is given reason to believe that Brian may not, after all, just be fabricating again. She says she'll be back for next week's adventure, in Harbentha. So will I. A nimbler reflection on achieving a national state of health is hard to imagine.
Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph, 22nd February 2011