Imagine ... A Funny Business
- TV documentary
- BBC One
- 2003
- 1 episode
Documentary following the US remake of hit sitcom Coupling. Features Alan Yentob, Dan Mazer, Ben Silverman, Steven Moffat, David Renwick and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 2003
- Channel
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Alan Yentob, Dan Mazer, Ben Silverman, Steven Moffat, David Renwick, Beryl Vertue, Sonya Walger, Colin Ferguson and more
- Directors
- Vanessa Frances
- Producers
- Ian MacMillan, Vanessa Frances and Alan Yentob
- Company
Following the US version of BBC comedy Coupling from pilot to network debut, Alan Yentob explores the current fortunes of UK sitcoms in the USA.
American versions of hits such as Fawlty Towers, Steptoe And Son and One Foot In The Grave serve to illustrate the transformations - and disasters - that result when comedies cross the Atlantic.
Additional details
- Production setting
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 19th November 2003 at 10:35pm on BBC One
- Episode length
- 50 minutes