EDIT: sorry, Rob reminds me this is the best working title we could come up with.
The only tiny downside of living in Cornwall is that it's a bit harder to get involved with all the fun stuff we used to get up to with Green Wing, like rehearsals, and on-set rewrites and all that sort of malarky. Fortunately, Ori's been keeping me up to date with all the goings on with Campus, what is the new thing from Green Wing's producer Victoria Pile, and most of the same writers (me, afore-mentioned Ori, her lover Fay, her other lover Richard Preddy, her other other lover and new boy Gary Parker, her other other other lover, and new boy Christian Sandino Taylor, and Rob Harley.
Here's Rob, looking serious and working extremely hard:
And here is actor Sara Pascoe (who I hope doesn't mind me putting her photo up, as I've never actually met her) as 'Accoms Girl':
From the official bumf on Campus from C4 (it's one of the half-hour pilots for their Comedy Showcase Thing, but if it goes well, who knows?):
"Campus, an original sitcom set in a fictitious red-brick university, explores the lives and souls of a handful of people that work there - some as academics, some simply involved in the general running of the place. With a semi-improvised feel, it features an ensemble cast, and is made by the award-winning creative team behind Green Wing and Smack the Pony. Victoria Pile and Caroline Leddy are working on it."
FIlming's just finished, editing should be completed by September, then all the comedy showcases are (hopefully) going out in October. I'll update here if I get any useful info.
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Oh I say! Brillig!
Ooh, I are excited now!
wv: phizat. Couldn't have put it better myself.
Oooo, cool.
Excellent stuff. I love that Sara Pascoe's stand-up.
I can tell that it is one of these modern red-brick universities, as they refer to "people that work there" rather than "people who work there".
oooooh exciting! I'm looking forward to watching, good to see the GW gang back :)
Super good news! We'll be twitching in impatience over here. And hopefully it'll be fun for you.
I hope that also!
What's the accent spread?
(This is really important to me, sorry..)
The accent spread is broad.
At last. Shall look forward to watching it. I stopped watching TV after GW. Nothing could compare.....
Thanks for the update, I am looking forward to it already.
Yay - but who else is in this? Ori has lots of lovers, it's surprising any writing gets done at all!
That's why there was never a third series of GW - we all needed some time off.
I think the cast are being kept under wraps for now. No GW people in it, it's a whole new thing.
That was the best WORKING title we could come up with...
Has there been a comedy set on a uni campus since A Very Peculiar Practice? Have never forgotten the nuns!
Oh no GW people - never mind, as long as there's a bit of romance thrown in when the whole series is written!
Hurrah!! :-)
Speaking of good writers, the C4 blurb section could do with one. "Award-winning creative team"? Ew. That could be a group of joiners. Or data entry operators for a library catalogue.
Maybe "beguiling motley crew".
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