News
BARUNKA’S FUNBAG PILOT SHOT
NOVEMBER 2006
Channel
X filmed
a Barunka
O’Shaughnessy
(Bo In
The USA,
Respectable)
pilot
late
this
month.
A studio-entertainment/sketch
show
the pilot
also
starred
Tom Meeten
(Blunder,
The Mighty
Boosh)
and Bo
Selecta
main
man Leigh
Francis.
The show
features
a woman
with
wooden
hands,
a foul
mouthed
fawn
and a
bawdy
portrait
and was
shot
on HD.
BLUNDER LAUNCHES
Ensemble
sketch
show
Blunder
launched
on C4
and E4
this
month
featuring
the best
new character-comedians
in the
country.
The six
strong
cast
is Rhys
Thomas
(Fast
Show
/ Star
Stories),
Tom Meeten
(Mighty
Boosh),
David
Mitchell
(Peep
Show),
Nina
Conti
(Bromwell
High),
Tony
Way (Extras
/ Saxondale)
and Simon
Farnaby
(Spoons,
Jam and
Jerusalem).
The
series
features
a colourful
array
of cartoonish
characters
and oddballs
shot
live
before
a studio
audience.
Blunder
celebrates
a mischievous,
anarchic
world
aimed
at the
daft
side
in all
of us.
REVERSAL OF FORTUNE
Channel X launched its new quiz show format, Reversal of Fortune at Mipcom this October, with an Eamonn Holmes hosted pilot. The show, where contestants can literally reverse their fortune has already garnered interest in the US, Europe and Asia.
Watch a clip here: Reversal of Fortune.mov
POPETOWN AIRS IN FRANCE, RELEASED ON DVD IN GERMANY
Channel
X’s controversial
animated
comedy
set in
the Vatican
- Popetown
– debuted
on French
cable
channel
MCM to
rave
reviews,
the show
was also
released
on DVD
in Germany
this
month.
SNUFF BOX SOLD IN THE USA
Channel X sketch show Snuff Box –written by and starring Matt Berry and Rich Fulcher – has been sold to BBC America where it will transmit in the first quarter of 2007.
CHANNEL X DELIVERS THEME NIGHT WEEKED FOR UKTV GOLD
Channel
X provided
three
theme
nights
for UKTV
over
the bank
holiday
weekend
as a
celebration
of their
Britcom
season.
Presented
by Julian
Clary
the nights
looked
at camp,
foreigners
and miserable
gits
in British
comedy.
Guests
included
John
Sachs
(Manuel
in Fawlty
Towers),
Linda
Robson
of Birds
of a
Feather
and Big
Brother
sensation
Shahbaz.
Steve
Furst
(Little
Britain)
– starred
in specially
made
sketches
for the
show.
Marilyn Bennett joins Channel X as Head of Production
Marilyn
Bennett
former
Director
of Production
Management
at Discovery
and Head
of Production
and Business
at ITN
joined
Channel
X this
month.
Channel
X is
looking
forward
to the
wealth
of
experience
she can
bring
to the
company.
MODERN TOSS TX WELL RECEIVED
Channel X’s animation/live action sketch show Modern Toss launched on Channel 4 to much critical acclaim this month. Voiced by Mackenzie Crook and Paul Kaye amongst others the show brought the Comic Art of Mick Bunnage and John Link to life. The Daily Telegraph called it the best comedy on television with its ‘wonderfully weird and surreal humour’
TWO CHANNEL X COMEDY SHORTS AIR ON E4
Channel X’s Modern Worries starring Mancunian stand up Jason Manford and The German Tourism Board by Henning Wehn aired this month as part of E4’s Comedy Shorts season.
CHANNEL X NEW OFFICES ARE READY
Channel X has finally left Kentish Town, and returned to Zone One. Based slap bang in the middle of Moorgate, Barbican and Old Street, the 5 Story Victorian factory should provide enough space to base the company over the coming years. (See the Contact us section for a map)
BLUNDER STARTS SHOOTING
After 5 months of script work and small showcase evenings, the Channel 4 sketch show Blunder started filming on location this month. This will be followed by 6 live nights in the London studios in June.
POPETOWN LAUNCHED ON MTV GERMANY, CAUSES NATIONWIDE SCANDAL.
Though it’s never aired on TV in Britain Germany became the latest market to take Channel X’s ‘banned by the BBC’ animated sitcom Popetown this month. The show caused a nationwide furore when it was launched , questions were asked in the German parliament, religious groups opposed the show, freedom of speech lobbyists campaigned for the show’s right to air - over 70% of MTV Germany’s viewers thought the channel was right to play the show-which rated very well.
SNUFF BOX TX
Channel
X’s ambitious
narrative
sketch
show
Snuff
Box debuted
this
month
on BBC3
and quickly
became
a cause
celebre
in the
comedy
world,
exciting
positive
reaction
from
performers
and writers.