Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
- TV panel show / sitcom
- BBC Three
- 2006 - 2007
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Rob Brydon is a panel show host in this satire of the comedy industry. Also features Dave Gorman, Jane Moore, Sharon Horgan, Russell Tovey, Steve Furst and more.
Key details
- Genres
- Panel Show, Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2006 - 2007
- Channel
- BBC Three
- Episodes
- 12 (2 series)
- Creators
- Rob Brydon and Paul Duddridge
- Stars
- Rob Brydon, Dave Gorman, Jane Moore, Sharon Horgan, Russell Tovey, Steve Furst, Dominic Holland, Alice Lowe and more
- Writers
- Rob Brydon and Paul Duddridge
- Directors
- Paul Wheeler, Andrew Gillman and Paul Duddridge
- Producers
- Dave Skinner, Alex Kavallierou, Paul Duddridge, Rob Brydon, Miles Ross, Simon Wilson and Lucy Lumsden
- Company
"This is just another stupid panel show, isn't it? This is not what I was promised!"
Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes of a TV panel show? Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive gives you the chance to find out.
Rob Brydon plays the reluctant host of a new history based panel show - Annually Retentive. Is he reluctant because he believes all panel shows except QI are beneath him or because it's the only job he can get in TV since the acting work dried up? It's up to you to decide...
How do the guests keep getting the answers right? Are those brilliant one-liners spur of the moment? What does Rob Brydon really think of his celebrity guests? And which popular quiz shows did the writers 'borrow' all their ideas from?
Witness the bitching, backstabbing, scheming, feuding, anger, tears and vanity that runs rampant when the cameras aren't rolling...
Additional details
- Also known as
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- Annually Retentive
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 11th July 2006 at 10:30pm on BBC Three
- Most recent repeats
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- Tuesday 24th May 2011 at 1:55am on U&Dave - Series 2, Episode 5
- Monday 23rd May 2011 at 1:40am on U&Dave - Series 2, Episode 4
- Sunday 22nd May 2011 at 1:35am on U&Dave - Series 2, Episode 2