Sorry, I've Got No Head

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Sorry, I've Got No Head
Genre Satire
Sketch comedy
Created byJeremy Salsby
Directed byIan Curtis
Theme music composerThe Newsmakers
Opening themeLa La
Ending themeLa La (reprise)
ComposerThe Newsmakers
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes39
Production
Executive producerGraham Stuart
ProducerTom Miller
Production company So Television
Original release
Network CBBC
BBC One
BBC Three
Release17 June 2008 (2008-06-17) 
12 August 2011 (2011-08-12)

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]

Contents

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

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]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 Carter, Meg (15 March 2010). "CBBC show Big Babies heralds TV comedy partnerships". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  3. "Pixelface - BBC1 Sitcom". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  4. Seale, Jack (23 November 2011). "Sorry, I've Got No Head axed by BBC". Radio Times. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  5. Wignall, James (22 September 2008). "Here's Little Britain for kids". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  6. Baxter-Wright, Dusty (22 August 2019). "TV fans are fuming over CBBC's ranking of its own shows". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 3 November 2024.