Does anyone know who is appearing in the new series of Comedy Connections? So far, all I know is that the series starts on Friday 19th January 2007, and that the first show examined is Bread.
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Bread will actually be episode 2 - epi 1 will be One Foot In The Grave, on the 12th.
Apart from that, I have no idea as schedules haven't been published. Will let you know if I spot anything.
I used to love Bread as a kid (up until they changed Joey and Aveline) but saw it again a couple of years ago and it looks badly dated now. It will be good to look back at it but am expecting the word "classic" to be wrongly used a lot, and plenty of dreary mutterings from Carla Lane.
Good to see One Foot in the Grave. Surprised that hasn't already been covered.
there was talk of there being a episode based around the office, but thats probably not going to happen.
Not sure that there'd really be enough to fill an entire episode, would there? :/
Just found out that 2 of the other episodes will be Don't Wait Up and It Ain't Half Hot Mum.
Quote: Aaron @ December 24, 2006, 2:39 AMJust found out that 2 of the other episodes will be Don't Wait Up and It Ain't Half Hot Mum.
They must be running out of ideas then....
Yes, that was basically my train of thought.
(Choo choo.)
If they do Watching and Second Thoghts (two of my favs) then you know they are running out of progs.
Have they done a 2.4 Children one?
No, they have not - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Connections
It looks like most of the BBC blockbusters have been covered now. There are other obvious classics like Spaced, Black Books, etc, but because they are not BBC sitcoms, it is unlikely they'll be covered (or the American giants like Seinfeld).
Still, its a good series and while stuff like Don't Wait Up may not be the top of the bill, I enjoyed it as a kid and it would be fun to see clips of it again and how it all came together. 
I hope that they do focus on some shows from other channels. They've had to show non-BBC clips in order to cover the ones which they have done, so I can't really see any huge reason why they wouldn't go on.
I suppose the main point of the series was to up DVD sales though...
In regards to American shows, it'd be a bit pointless since sitcom lineage is so different, and of course British audiences wouldn't have seen 90% of the stuff which would need to be covered.
Quote: Aaron @ December 28, 2006, 10:30 PMIn regards to American shows, it'd be a bit pointless since sitcom lineage is so different, and of course British audiences wouldn't have seen 90% of the stuff which would need to be covered.
Yeah, true about the US shows. It would be good if there was a prog like that somewhere, but saying that, DVD's like Seinfeld have it pretty much covered anyway.
I saw Comedy Connections last night (The One Foot in the Grave episode).
The series appears to be lasting for eight episodes, not six. Apart from the four episodes already mentioned, the other shows appearing are Just Good Friends, Alas Smith and Jones, The New Statesman and as some correctly mentioned, The Office.