LifeSpam: My Child Is French
- TV sketch show
- BBC Three
- 2009
- 1 pilot
A comedy pilot by Alice Lowe spoofing shocking true life documentaries. Stars Alice Lowe, Simon Farnaby, Joel Coussins, Leo Henry, Susannah Slevin and more.
Press clippings
An ill-advised comedy sketch show pilot that tries to spoof the unspoofable - the shock doc. When factual programmes like The Girl with Eight Limbs are already being shown, it's hard for the show's creator, Alice Lowe, whose credits include Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and E4's Beehive, to come up with anything weird enough to amuse. So sketches like The Woman Who Lived in Hair, while well executed, just aren't funny and go on too long. Not so much an opportunity missed as one that wasn't really there.
Joe Clay, The Times, 23rd January 2009We were rather taken with this spoof documentary pilot, which was written by and stars Alice Lowe off Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and The Mighty Boosh. Skits from the collection of tragic true-life stories include The Man Who Has a Thousand Wives and a woman whose life has been ruined by the thought of bumping into Boy George.
What's On TV, 23rd January 2009New face of female comedy
Alice Lowe's sharp comedy features in all the best shows, but don't compare her with Catherine Tate.
Bruce Dessau, The Times, 17th January 2009Lowe and behold!
A Q&A with LifeSpam star Alice Lowe.
Chortle, 15th January 2009