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  • TV sitcom that was never made
  • BBC One
  • 2006
  • 1 pilot

Unbroadcast sitcom pilot written and directed by John Morton about a fictional local newspaper. Also features Kevin McNally, Tim Preece, Daisy Haggard, Daniel Mays, Lucy Briers and more.

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Added to BCG
2006
Channel
BBC One
Episodes
1 Pilot
Stars
Kevin McNally, Tim Preece, Daisy Haggard, Daniel Mays, Lucy Briers, Steve Oram, Neil McCaul, Sarah Hadland and more
Writer
John Morton
Director
John Morton
Producers
Paul Schlesinger and Jon Plowman
Company

A sitcom set in the sleepy offices of Stowebridge Times, a local Wiltshire newspaper. The comedy comes from the team behind People Like Us (the 1999 - 2001 mockumentary). It revolves around 'six hapless journalists who are by turn competitive, ambitious, incompetent and lazy'. The pilot, which was filmed in December 2006, starred Laura Solon, Kevin McNally, Tim Preece, Daniel Mays and Daisy Haggard.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Recording details

  • Trowbridge - Pilot filmed in December 2006

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