Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor

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Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor
Created by Karen Taylor
Directed byBen Kellett
Starring Karen Taylor
Anna Crilly
Jalaal Hartley
Lawry Lewin
Clare Warde
Carli Norris
Katy Brand
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes14 (including pilot)
Production
Executive producers Jon Thoday
Richard Allen-Turner
Richard Grocock
Camera setup Multiple-camera
Running time30 mins
Original release
Network BBC Three
Release28 March 2006 (2006-03-28) 
21 August 2008 (2008-08-21)

Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor is a British television sketch comedy show written and performed by BAFTA Award-winning comedian Karen Taylor and produced by Avalon Productions. [1] The show focuses largely on sex and contains much innuendo. The title animation was created by Joanna Davidovich. According to Taylor's Myspace, the BBC decided against creating another series.

Contents

A German version of the series, called Ich Bin Boes, starring Mirja Boes, was produced by RTL [2] in 2009.

History

The show's pilot episode debuted on BBC Three on 11 March 2006 and a full run was soon ordered. The first series consisted of six episodes and was aired on the channel from 11 June to 16 July 2007.

A second series was later commissioned, consisting of seven episodes. It aired between 10 July and 21 August 2008. Karen Taylor has stated on her MySpace page that the second series did well in the ratings, and that she hopes there will be a third, however no source confirmed that would be a third. [3]

Main characters

Here follows a list of the main, most recurring characters in the series.

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References

  1. "Sitcom.co.uk – News" Sitcom.co.uk Retrieved 23 August 2008.
  2. Germany remakes Karen Taylor
  3. Myspace.com- karen- 32- Female – UK at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 January 2009)