Adam's Family is told from the point of view of a video diary kept by a young teenage boy who is coming to terms with his new blended family after one of his parents decides to re-marry.
The comedy was originally planned for the BBC, with the script written by Maya Forbes, Jack Williams and Harry Williams. The ITV adaptation is being written by Simon Nye, the creator of Men Behaving Badly and Is It Legal?.
What on earth happened here then?
A video diary? A teenage boy? ITV? ... Sounds like a CITV production.
ITV playing it safe by bringing in a name writer? Presumably if it got as far as development the original script could not have been completely unusable. I wonder how much will survive and what sort of credit the writers will get...
I see the Roman's Empire guys wrote it originally then.
Sounds outrageous to me.
Quote: hotzappa11 @ June 3 2008, 5:27 PM BSTI see the Roman's Empire guys wrote it originally then.
Okay, then that kind of explains it...
Although nobody else seemed to like it, I was quite fond of Beast, the sitcom he did about a vet starring Alexander Armstrong.
Men Behaving Badly - despite getting dismissed at New Laddism - was still a very clever sitcom, and one of the best shows of the last 20 years.
Agreed about Men Behaving Badly. To me Nye has the ability to write smart populist comedy and has been criminally underused in recent years.
Quote: chipolata @ June 4 2008, 10:31 AM BSTAlthough nobody else seemed to like it, I was quite fond of Beast, the sitcom he did about a vet starring Alexander Armstrong.
To be honest I thought it was his best. And it had Emma Pierson in, which always helps.
Quote: Timbo @ June 4 2008, 11:21 AM BSTTo be honest I thought it was his best. And it had Emma Pierson in, which always helps.
Back before her face got a bit podgy.
I loved Beast!!
With all of these ringing endorsements, I shall have to watch it today. Only seem to have series one though.