This coming Sunday (March 22nd) will see the transmission of a pilot for a potential new sitcom involving time travel, Brave Young Men. From the official description:
“Owen and Jamie, played by Marc Wootton and Tom Basden, are a pair of nobodies who prevent global disasters with the help of a time-transient civil servant. Owen Malloy, caretaker at the local school, is approached by a shadowy figure named Melvin (Patrick Barlow) while locking up one day. Melvin appoints him ‘Caretaker of The World, Brighton and Hove Division.’ But is this Melvin really a civil servant from the future or just a mad tramp?
After some haggling over a scooter, Jamie agrees to be Owen’s sidekick and so their missions begin: The first involves the confiscation of some homebrew which, according to Melvin, will become contaminated in 2013. Curiously Melvin needs it brought to him in order to ‘process’ it.”
The show is being produced through Baby Cow Productions, which was set up by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal in the late 90s and which has previously given us hit comedies like Gavin and Stacey and the Mighty Boosh, so that should be an indicator that it’s worth checking out. The show goes out on BBC3 on Sunday March 22nd at 11.15. (thanks to producer Teddy Leifer for the heads-up)
Mon, Mar 16, 2009
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