Limmy working on new TV comedy format
- Scottish comedian Limmy is working on a new TV comedy sketch show idea that would be in a 'DIY style'
- He explains the format would be "a sketch show but back to that authentic, homemade feeling"
- Limmy's new book of short stories, That's Your Lot, is now in shops
Scottish comedian Limmy is working on a new TV comedy show.
Limmy, real name Brian Limond, worked on three series and some specials of the inventive BBC Scotland sketch comedy format Limmy's Show! between 2010 and 2013 but reportedly turned down the offer to make a fourth series.
However, as he revealed to Glasgow Live, he is now working on a new sketch show idea that will be in a 'DIY style' much like the original videos he made for his website before he jumped to TV.
He explained: "I want to do something that's like a sketch show but back to that authentic, homemade feeling, like back before YouTube, just sticking videos up and that.
"There were certain videos on my site that I re-did for Limmy's Show. But doing that, polishing them up, is not going to work now - because it all looks professionally lit. You know there's a crew behind the camera and this isnae just a guy doing funny phone calls, making it himself. It loses something and I want to go back to that thing I experienced recently doing things on Vine, which is that handheld, rough-as-f*ck look, just me trying to be funny."
The BBC is currently deciding on whether to commission the format.
He says: "I thought 'will this just be an iPlayer thing?' But the aim is for it to actually be on the telly. I don't know how it will go with all these guidelines about audio and video quality. It might look too much like a guy making something himself for them to want it. But we'll see."
Limond also revealed in the interview that he has previously pitched several sitcom ideas, including one involving his fantasy TV show host character Falconhoof, but the ideas were "knocked back at the last minute".
Limond was talking to publicise That's Your Lot, his new collection of 29 short stories. Read the full interview on Glasgow Live
News on whether Limmy's new TV project is to become a reality is expected later in the year.
Limmy - That's Your Lot
Limmy brings us a whole new load of brilliantly original tales to follow up his best-selling Daft Wee Stories.
A weird and wonderful mix of short stories and random meanderings from one of the UK's greatest cult sensations. Odd, unique, and packed with his wicked sense of humour, this collection is sure to delight his ever-growing fanbase.
First published: Thursday 4th May 2017
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Pages: 352
- Catalogue: 9780008172602
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