Are you sure you haven't been busy doing those talking head shows?
Not Going Out - Series 2 Page 11
Quote: Leevil @ September 17, 2007, 6:19 PMAre you sure you haven't been busy doing those talking head shows?
Hey Andrew it's great of you to post on this forum and good to see ratings are doing well for the show.
A quick question, I believe Megan Dodds didn't return for this series due to other filming commitments but is there any chance she will return in the future? Say if you get a third series, I know that's quite a bit in the future but I was interested in watching the Kate/Lee relationship develop. So just wondering if there's any chance of a Kate return.
Thanks.
Quote: Andrew Collins @ September 17, 2007, 5:15 PMI did co-write Gay, by the way. Contrived? I'll say. That's the fun of writing a sitcom, rather than gritty social realism!
Agreed; I would have thought that a sitcom, by definition, is inherently contrived!
Yeah, I don't really understand the criticism of something being "too contrived" if it's a traditional style sitcom. If it's something like The Office or The Thick Of It then that argument stands but a sitcom in the style of Not Going Out can got crazy with contrived situations. Seinfeld was made up of contrived situations and coincidences and it was an amazing sitcom.
A little reminder that Andrew Collins reads this thread when I was going on about Lee Mack's bum wouldn't have gone amiss, guys...
Haha! See if he can get you a mold of it 
Quote: zooo @ September 17, 2007, 10:32 PMA little reminder that Andrew Collins reads this thread when I was going on about Lee Mack's bum wouldn't have gone amiss, guys...
It's rare that I do literally laugh out loud at things people write around here, but
What I'm trying to say is that there was a better/pacier way of getting across the fact he needed to be gay. It felt a very blocky way of doing it.
In the first draft of Friends in the UK they were in the coffee house talking about going to London. But when they added pace and had them getting ready to go to the airport it improved the script no end.
Quote: zooo @ September 17, 2007, 10:32 PMA little reminder that Andrew Collins reads this thread when I was going on about Lee Mack's bum wouldn't have gone amiss, guys...
Andrew, Zooo really meant your bum (Does that help Zooo?)
Not seen either of this series' episodes for various reasons but I went to see read throughs of "Lapdancing" and "Baby" (my own invented titles) which both had me laughing my proverbials off in the style of the first series. I love the way you can see some gags coming a mile off but others sneak up and whack you on the head. I hope the rest of the series as filmed lives up to the first.
Quote: David H @ September 17, 2007, 11:56 PMWhat I'm trying to say is that there was a better/pacier way of getting across the fact he needed to be gay. It felt a very blocky way of doing it.
In the first draft of Friends in the UK they were in the coffee house talking about going to London. But when they added pace and had them getting ready to go to the airport it improved the script no end.
Thanks for the advice. But if you didn't like Gay, stay away from the fourth episode, Baby, where the reason for Lee and Tim having to look after a baby is just as blocky, I'm afraid. I wish we had the time and money and personnel to hone these scripts, like Friends does, but we work for the BBC!
Quote: Martin Holmes @ September 17, 2007, 7:48 PMHey Andrew it's great of you to post on this forum and good to see ratings are doing well for the show.
A quick question, I believe Megan Dodds didn't return for this series due to other filming commitments but is there any chance she will return in the future? Say if you get a third series, I know that's quite a bit in the future but I was interested in watching the Kate/Lee relationship develop. So just wondering if there's any chance of a Kate return.
Thanks.
Not much chance, I'm afraid. It was Megan's decision not to do the second series. She's a serious actress and I think wishes to pursue serious drama work on TV, film and in theatre. (After finishing the first series, she went off to do the one-woman play, My Name Is Rachel Corrie, of Broadway in New York.) We were disappointed, but the split was amicable. Dramatically speaking, it would be easy to bring Kate back, as she's just gone back to America. We considered re-casting Kate, but I think you'll agree that would have been a compromise, so we went for a clean slate instead. (Interestingly, some people who post on my blog have said they prefer Tim's character now that he's no longer mooning over his ex.)
Quote: zooo @ September 17, 2007, 10:32 PMA little reminder that Andrew Collins reads this thread when I was going on about Lee Mack's bum wouldn't have gone amiss, guys...
I won't say a word.
Andrew, nice of you to come on here, by the way.
What do you make of the criticism that the characters are underdeveloped and that they don't have a handle? It'd be quite difficult to describe the characters to someone. I see it more of in the gap between sketch show and sitcom.
Quote: Andrew Collins @ September 18, 2007, 9:16 AMI won't say a word.
Thank the lord.
Laura, you ever think that if Andrew reads this, Lee might too?