British Comedy Guide

Popetown

  • TV sitcom that was never broadcast
  • BBC Three
  • 2005
  • 10 episodes (1 series)

Unbroadcast BBC Three sitcom set in the Vatican. Stars Ben Miller, Rhys Thomas, Bob Mortimer, Ruby Wax, Morwenna Banks and more.

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2005
Channel
BBC Three
Episodes
10 (1 series)
Creators
Phil Ox, Isabelle Dubernet and Eric Fuhrer
Stars
Ben Miller, Rhys Thomas, Bob Mortimer, Ruby Wax, Morwenna Banks, Jerry Hall, Matt Lucas, Kevin Eldon and Simon Greenall
Director
Phil Ox
Producers
Phil Ox, Alan Marke and Heather Hampson
Company

Popetown is a ten-part animated sitcom about office politics in the workplace... only this workplace happens to be the Vatican and the CEO is the Pope.

Ruby Wax plays the voice of the Pope, Jerry Hall is Sister Penelope (the Popetown TV reporter), Morwenna Banks is Sister Marie (a devoted and innocent nun) and Kevin Eldon is Father Nicholas.

Including the talents of Mackenzie Crook and Matt Lucas, Popetown is a funny, satirical and bizarre take on the world of personal politics, sex and fame set in a fictional version of one of the most revered and mysterious cities in the world.

Additional details

Production
Animated
Picture
Colour

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