Sorry, I've Got No Head
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| Sorry, I've Got No Head | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Satire Sketch comedy |
| Created by | Jeremy Salsby |
| Directed by | Ian Curtis |
| Theme music composer | The Newsmakers |
| Opening theme | La La |
| Ending theme | La La (reprise) |
| Composer | The Newsmakers |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Graham Stuart |
| Producer | Tom Miller |
| Production company | So Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBBC BBC One BBC Three |
| Release | 17 June 2008 – 12 August 2011 |
Sorry, I've Got No Head is a CBBC children's sketch comedy television series. The programme's cast originally consisted of William Andrews, David Armand, James Bachman, Marcus Brigstocke, Anna Crilly, Justin Edwards, Mark Evans, Mel Giedroyc, Marek Larwood, and Nick Mohammed.[1] The series was produced by So Television.[2]
Anne Gilchrist, former CBBC controller, has been credited by her successor for commissioning the series.[2] Pixelface, another programme by CBBC, is inspired by the show's "Backstage Access" sketches.[3] Sorry, I've Got No Head was axed by the BBC in 2011 after its third series.[4]
Reception
[edit]James Wignall of The Guardian referred to the show in 2008 as "Little Britain for kids", also stating that it was "on par" with Big Train, reached the heights of Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, and "easily outstrip[ped] the Fast Show." He reasoned that this was the show did not patronise its audience, and that its actors recognised a wider scope with which they could be "really very silly and surreal indeed".[5]
In 2019, CBBC created a ranking of its own shows on social media, ranking Sorry, I've Got No Head as "God tier", an inclusion which Cosmopolitan said was "questionable".[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Guide, British Comedy (3 September 2009). "CBBC order 3rd series of 'Got No Head' and a sitcom spin-off". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ a b Carter, Meg (15 March 2010). "CBBC show Big Babies heralds TV comedy partnerships". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ "Pixelface - BBC1 Sitcom". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ Seale, Jack (23 November 2011). "Sorry, I've Got No Head axed by BBC". Radio Times. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ Wignall, James (22 September 2008). "Here's Little Britain for kids". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ Baxter-Wright, Dusty (22 August 2019). "TV fans are fuming over CBBC's ranking of its own shows". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
External links
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- 2000s British satirical television series
- 2010s British satirical television series
- BBC children's television shows
- BBC television comedy
- BBC television sketch shows
- 2000s British children's television series
- 2010s British children's television series
- 2008 British television series debuts
- 2011 British television series endings
- British English-language television shows
- Television series by ITV Studios
- 2000s British television sketch shows
- 2010s British television sketch shows
- Children's sketch comedy