Be More Ethnic

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Three
  • 2007
  • 1 pilot

Sol is an actor who's tired of being typecast. Stars Christopher Simpson, Laura Donnelly, Keith Duffy, Mark Doherty, Laura Hughes and more.

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2007
Channel
BBC Three
Episodes
1 Pilot
Stars
Christopher Simpson, Laura Donnelly, Keith Duffy, Mark Doherty, Laura Hughes, Paul Tylak, Saeed Jaffrey, Paul Woodfull and more
Writers
Paul Tylak and Dermot Carmody
Director
Ian FitzGibbon
Producers
Jackie Hamilton and Jon Rolph
Company

Imagine you're Irish, but apparently, to some people, you don't look it. You spend a good part of your day letting people know you can understand what they're saying, no they don't have to talk slower, and no you don't find it cold here. Welcome to the world of Sol De Silva (Christopher Simpson).

Sol has explored Dublin's underbelly by moving from job to dodgy job (and relationship to dodgy relationship), and despite his father's high hopes has embarked on what is considered a rather unstable career for rather unstable people - Hi diddle-dee-dee, an actor's life for he.

After a run-in with his best friend Dave (Keith Duffy) - a loveable waster, who's forever getting Sol into trouble and helping him mess up his life - Sol is forced to move in with a complete stranger, Leanne (Laura Donnelly). By day a legal secretary with a hangover, by night she likes to party hard and make the next hangover worthwhile. But when Dave takes up residence on their sofa things will never be the same...

Additional details

Part of

Comedy Specials

Also known as
  • Comedy Specials: Be More Ethnic
Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Sunday 18th March 2007 at 12:40am on BBC Three
Episode length
30 minutes

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