A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou

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A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou
Created by Jamie Demetriou
Written byJamie Demetriou
Directed byAndrew Gaynord
StarringJamie Demetriou
Music by
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
ProducerOlly Cambridge
EditorSaam Hodivala
Production companies
Original release
Network Netflix
Release28 February 2023 (2023-02-28)

A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou is a 2023 British comedy special from Jamie Demetriou that was broadcast on Netflix in the United Kingdom from 28 February 2023. A one-hour special, it shows a series of sketches depicting life from cradle to grave, featuring guest appearances and songs.

Contents

Synopsis

The hour-long comedy sketch special shows a series of comedy sketches taking the audience from the womb, through childhood, adulthood and beyond, accompanied by song. [1]

Production

Demetriou said he was approached by Netflix to pitch sketch comedy ideas. Initially, he said he planned "a more sprawling sketch show and then we figured that an hour is a testing amount of time for something that isn't narrative." Demetriou described the show as "birth to death in songs and sketches." [2] The show was commissioned prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and had a delayed production until after the outbreak. [3] The project was produced by BBC Studios Productions and Guilty Party Pictures with Demetriou writing and starring. [4]

Cast

Broadcast

The show was available on Netflix from 28 February 2023 in the United Kingdom. [5]

Reception

Critical reception

Stuart Heritage in The Guardian said he "laughed harder and for longer than I can remember". [6] Isobel Lewis in The Independent said the comedy was "decidedly British but with a Netflix sheen...silly, but lacking the sharpness of Stath or his live sketch characters. It's that attempt to straddle both worlds that leaves Demetriou's comedy feeling surprisingly watered down." [7] Chris Bennion in The Daily Telegraph called it "a wild, ribald sketch comedy special that... shows, in flashes, its creator's sublime genius, offering moments of sheer joy, punctuated by longer, more baffling sections that ultimately disappoint." [8]

Accolades

The show international Rose d'Or Award for Comedy Entertainment in November 2023. [9] In February 2024, it was nominated in the Best TV Show category at the Chortle Awards. [10] In March 2024, Demitriou was nominated in the Male performance in a comedy programme category at the 2024 British Academy Television Awards. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "A Whole Lifetime With Jamie Demitriou". Chortle.co.uk. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Jamie Demetriou on Netflix Sketch Special 'A Whole Lifetime' and the Future of 'Stath Lets Flats'". Hollywood Reporter. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Jamie Demetriou - "My new sketch show is about things I'm scared of"". Virginradio.co.uk. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Netflix Greenlights Comedy Special 'A Whole Lifetime With Jamie Demetriou'". Variety. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "What's on TV and radio tonight: Tuesday, February 28". The Times. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou: 'I laughed harder – and for longer – than I can remember'". The Guardian. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demitriou: Not as brilliantly silly as Stath". The Independent. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou, review: ribald sketch comedy with flashes of sublime genius". The Daily Telegraph. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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  10. ↑ "Final Chortle Award nominees revealed". Chortle. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
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