Five to trial improvised sitcom idea

Channel Five are going to trial a programme idea that is based upon the hit German comedy series Schillerstrasse. The pilot sitcom will be like any other studio based comedy series however a "voice of God" will change the narrative as the actors are performing resulting in the need to improvise scenes.

Five elaborate: "For example, if the story was for an actor to change a light bulb, then as they mount the stepladder the director informs them that they have vertigo. The audience hears this but the other actors don't".

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The Stage newspaper reports that Neil Morrissey (Men Behaving Badly) is to star in the pilot which will be filmed in front of a live audience shortly. He will be taking on the role of the "voice of God" and directing a cast of five comic actors.