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Newsjack Reject: Bring Back Primeval

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Bring Back... Primeval!
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JUSTIN LEE COLLINS:
Hi, I'm Justin Lee Collins and this week, we're 'Bringing Back' (BEAT) 'Primeval'!

F/X:'PRIMEVAL' MUSIC. FAT MAN RUNNING OUTSIDE

JLC:
'Primeval' was a classic show during the late noughties' and spurred millions of fans to love the shenanigans of C-list celebrities in a poor man's version of 'Dr. Who'. It was cancelled in June 2009 and we're gonna track the cast down and reunite them.

F/X:FAT MAN RUNNING INSIDE AND UP STAIRS

JLC:
(WHISPERS) Round this screen, Ben Miller and Hannah Spearrit are on a TV show. I'm going to gatecrash the party and see if they'll join us for a reunion party later on tonight.

F/X:FAT MAN RUNNING. AUDIENCE CHEERS

JLC:
Hi Ben! Hi Hannah!

HANNAH:
(EXCITED) Oh my god! You're not reuniting 'S Club 7', are you?

JLC:
No, I'm not. Something even better. I'm here to reunite… 'Primeval'.

AUDIENCE GO SILENT. LONG PAUSE

BEN:
What?

JLC:
'Primeval'. (PAUSE) That dinosaur thing you were in.

BEN:
Yeah, we know.

HANNAH:
We're on here promoting the DVD.

JLC:
(STUTTERS ABOUT A BIT) Well, you know. (BEAT) Bring back. (HIGH, EMBARASSED VOICE) Since you were cancelled...

BEN:
Cancelled!? When did we get cancelled?!

F/X:PHONE BUTTONS BEING DIALLED

HANNAH:
I've got to ring my agent…

JLC:
So you wouldn't be interested in a reunion bash tonight then?

F/X:PHONE CLICKING BEING ANSWERED

BEN:
Alexander? It's Ben. I've reconsidered. Say 'Yes' to that BBC Four sitcom…

END

Can we just put "Newsjack Reject" in the post itself rather than the thread topic please? Getting terribly unsightly. Thanks.

Okey doke, will do.

Dan

Nice sketch Dan!

Thanks Matt. I think it's pretty niche, in their defence :)

Dan

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