Mammoth
- TV sitcom
- BBC One Wales / BBC Two
- 2021 - 2024
- 4 episodes (1 series)
Mike Bubbins plays a 1970s PE teacher who is brought back to life. Also features Joseph Marcell, Jan Anderson, Mali Ann Rees, Sian Gibson, Dyfan Dwyfor and more.
Press clippings
TV review: Mammoth, BBC Two & iPlayer
Yes, there is a heavy reliance on time-warp gags, often involving Bille Jean King references. I do wonder what audience it's aimed at - not just people who were around then, surely? But if you get the name checks they do work, exposing how ridiculous the 1970s were while also slyly hinting that maybe some aittudes now are not necessarily as progressive as they might seem. It's also a sneaky way of getting unreconstructed gags back onto television. If it gets both demographics it could be massive. If not it could soon be extinct.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th April 2024Mammoth review
Pitching Mammoth must have been a breeze: "A 1970s PE teacher is transported to 2024 - hilarity ensues."
Rhys John Edwards, Chortle, 17th April 2024Mammoth review
Gloriously old-fashioned sitcom favours gags over personal demons.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 17th April 2024Sian 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 2024Mammoth starring Mike Bubbins to return
Mammoth, the sitcom in which Mike Bubbins plays a 1970s PE teacher brought back to life, is to return for three more episodes.
British Comedy Guide, 24th May 2023TV Review: Mammoth
It's a bit like Life On Mars but it's set in a Welsh school and instead of a hard-boiled detective thrown back in time it's an unreconstructed PE teacher with a good heart thrown forward.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th November 2021Mammoth review
There are strong Life On Mars-in-reverse vibes to Mammoth, the new BBC Wales sitcom from comedian Mike Bubbins.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th November 2021BBC Wales launches Festival Of Funny season
BBC Wales is launching Festival Of Funny, a season that showcases Welsh comedy talent across TV, radio and BBC iPlayer.
British Comedy Guide, 21st October 2021BBC pilots PE teacher sitcom from Mike Bubbins
Mike Bubbins is piloting Mammoth, a BBC sitcom about a swaggeringly macho 1970s PE teacher.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd April 2021BBC Wales reveals new TV comedy pilots
BBC Wales is piloting a series of comedy shorts. They include a television adaptation of the BBC Radio Wales police sitcom Bravo Two Charlies, Beena And Amrit starring Meera Syal, and Mammoth from stand-up Mike Bubbins.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd April 2021