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Dawson Bros. Funtime

Dawson Bros. Funtime

  • TV sketch show
  • BBC Three
  • 2012
  • 1 pilot

Sketch show pilot from prolific behind-the-scenes gag writers the Dawson Brothers. Stars Jenny Bede, Cariad Lloyd, Mike Wozniak, Chris Kendall, Peter Serafinowicz and Alex Lowe

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Dawson Bros Funtime up for international award

Dawson Bros. Funtime, a BBC Three sketch show pilot that hasn't been given a series, is now up for a Rocky Award at the Banff World Media Festival.

British Comedy Guide, 10th May 2013

As befits a sketch show that made its debut online, this takes aim at the internet and gaming culture, beginning with a Facebook morality tale that's as likely to make you wince as guffaw. Appropriately, the comics include YouTube stars Chris Kendall and Jenny Bede, who made a name for herself after spoofing Cheryl Cole, while Peter Serafinowicz supplies a deadpan voiceover. Highlights include a Sherlock sketch in which the investigator's ability to see clues everywhere proves more hindrance than help, and a prime minister who can't tear himself away from his laptop.

Claire Webb, Radio Times, 14th September 2012

Initially created for the BBC's online Feed My Funny series, DBF delivers more hit sketches than misses. The wonders and absurdities of our continually advancing technology are heartily embraced, resulting in some truly funny spoofs: the witty Facebook-stalker rap is on the money, a Sherlock Holmes parody is wonderfully silly, and The Pirate Movie Awards will raise a few guffaws from downloaders (you know who you are, you naughty peeps). However, it's the iPad for horses, with its Longfacebook app, that's most worthy of myriad social media posts. Cariad Lloyd and Chris Kendall are standout performers and the writing - delighting in our obsession with new media - is fast, fresh and funny. More please.

Debra Waters, Time Out, 14th September 2012

Web comedy quite literally means web comedy for Dawson Bros. Funtime, a sketch show almost entirely indebted to matters online. So Facebook, Twitter and YouTube all figure in various vignettes. Even MegaUpload gets a mention. Despite this it largely skirts the right side of funny. Produced by some of the team behind Charlie Brooker's Wipe series, and featuring Peter Seranfinowicz as narrator, Dawson Bros. Funtime might need to get out more, but it's still worth 27 minutes of your time.

Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 13th September 2012

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