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Zapped Series 3 confirmed
Fantasy-based sitcom Zapped is to return to channel Dave for a third series. Six new episodes are being filmed for broadcast later in 2018.
British Comedy Guide, 26th April 2018All the jokes in Zapped, this formulaic farce have been done decades ago and much better by the late Sir Terry Pratchett in his Discworld novels.
Mind you, Sir Terry's imagination was so fecund that he didn't leave much space for his successors.
James Buckley plays an inept office worker who ends up in a world of swords and sorcery, under the drunken protection of a useless wizard (Paul Kaye).
Beset by fake soothsayers, devious politicians and thuggish city guards, he's dismayed to discover that even the magic doesn't work properly.
Fantasy sitcom has been done brilliantly by the live- action puppet series Yonderland, over on Sky. Zapped simply feels derivative.
On the other hand, it does feature doltish coppers with dainty wings called Fairies and wizards with Jethro Tull beards.
That's got to be worth a titter. Just don't expect too many laughs and you won't be disappointed.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 13th October 2017Preview - Zapped: Series 2
Following a short run last year, Dave has brought back it's sitcom about a temp trapped in a fantasy world.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 12th October 2017Following 2016's miniseries that saw office drone Brian (James Buckley) transported to an eccentric alternate universe, a full series following the misfit's misfortunes in bizarre backwater Munty. It begins with Brian accidentally triggering a war and standing trial as a war criminal. Luckily for the embattled pan-dimensional prisoner, a mentally malleable judge means that even the most imperfect of legal minds could ensure his early release.
Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 12th October 2017Red Dwarf XII episode 2 review: Siliconia
This week's online series XII preview is a staggeringly ambitious episode that shows exactly what Red Dwarf can do in the Dave era...
Mark Harrison, Den Of Geek, 12th October 2017James Buckley & Paul Kaye
We talk to stars James Buckley and Paul Kaye, with producer Kerry Waddell on hand, on the set of Zapped Series 2.
British Comedy Guide, 9th October 2017James Buckley interview
'I should be on TV a lot more but I'm stubborn'.
Sean Marland, TV Times, 21st September 2017hmv.com talks to the cast and creator of White Gold
With the first series having completed its run on BBC Two, White Gold arrives in store on Monday and just as the series was about to air, we sat down with Damon, Joe, Ed and James to talk about their new show...
hmv.com, 30th June 2017White Gold Series 2 confirmed by BBC Two
White Gold, the 1980s-set sitcom starring Ed Westwick, Joe Thomas and James Buckley, is to return for a second series following the success of Series 1.
British Comedy Guide, 28th June 2017TV sitcom's shocking sixth-form gang regroup and head to Crete in this big-screen, lads-abroad excursion. Nerdy Simon Bird, soppy Joe Thomas, dopey Blake Harrison and gobsmackingly crude James Buckley get up to all sorts of excruciatingly crass antics, but as in the TV show, there's sympathy too, for their teenaged, hormonally challenged predicament.
Paul Howlett, The Guardian, 19th June 2017