BBC Four orders new Jessica Hynes comedy ‘Up the Women’
The BBC has announced the commission of Up the Women, BBC Four’s first audience sitcom.
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The BBC has announced the commission of Up the Women, BBC Four’s first audience sitcom.
Filming has begun on One Night, a new four-part drama written by Paul Smith for BBC One, starring Jessica Hynes (Doctor Who, Spaced) and Douglas Hodge (Robin Hood, Unforgiven).
Joining the gang in the Olympic Deliverance Team this week is Dave Wellbeck; an athlete who won two consecutive silver medals at the Olympics in the Noughties.
After a so-so second episode, the latest “mockumentary” from the BBC delivers another fine blend of sitcom antics, character studies and catchphrases. Oh, and the “reality” of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
After an opening episode that some felt was disappointing, given the quality of the writer and cast, it’s a relief to announce that the second instalment of Twenty Twelve is very much up to the high comic standard of John Morton’s previous work.
Slipping out with little fanfare, oh the irony, is a new “mockumentary” (no, stick with us) from BBC Four following the Olympic Deliverance team as they prepare London for the big event in 2012.
BBC Four’s new comedy Twenty Twelve follows the Olympic Deliverance team as they try to get through to the end of the day, the end of the week and the end of the year without all the wheels falling off at once.
CultBox asked you to vote for your favourite tear-jerking moments in the show since its return in 2005… #1: With 28.9% of the votes, Rose says goodbye to the Doctor at Bad Wolf Bay (‘Doomsday’) David Lewis writes: “The Cybermen and Daleks have been destroyed (until next time). The Doctor has saved the world … >