The Optimist. The Optimist (Enn Reitel)
The Optimist
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 1983 - 1985
- 13 episodes (2 series)
Dialogue-free comedy series following one of life's error-prone eternal optimists. Stars Enn Reitel.
Press clippings
Crowd-funding campaign to support DVD of first C4 comedy
Dialogue-free The Optimist, Channel 4's first ever half-hour comedy series, originally created for Rowan Atkinson, is the subject of a crowd-funding campaign to secure a DVD release.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd November 2021Resurrecting 'The Optimist'
Have you ever heard of a sitcom called The Optimist? I'm going to guess the answer is a resounding 'no'. Until recently, the only people who knew of its existence were the people involved in making it.
David EJA Bennett, Capers Magazine, 12th November 2021