Zimbani
- TV sitcom
- U&Dave
- 2010
- 1 pilot
Spoof 1970s TV action thriller from sketch performers Colin Hoult and David McNeill. With guest star Julian Barratt. Also features Zoe Gardner, Lawry Lewin and John Roy.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Channel
- U&Dave
- Episodes
- 1 Pilot
- Creators
- Colin Hoult and David McNeill
- Stars
- David McNeill, Colin Hoult, Julian Barratt, Zoe Gardner, Lawry Lewin and John Roy
- Writers
- Colin Hoult and David McNeill
- Director
- Elliot Hegarty
- Producers
- Sam Ward, Sophie Clarke-Jervoise and Ben Cavey
- Company
A fifteen minute sitcom pilot based on the show created by David McNeill and Colin Hoult. Zimbani began life as a handful of sketches on BBC7's Colin and Fergus' Digi-Radio, it was then developed into a full stage show that debuted at the Fringe in 2008, and has now been turned into this TV pilot.
Zimbani is "a demented tornado of a comedy show that is a homage to great British action films of the 1970s". It features Chester van der Chester, Harry Lenarkos and Julius Zimbani - the latter of whom is the pure manifestation of evil itself.
Zimbani hunters Lenarkos and Chester have finally tracked the maniacal master of evil down to Africa, and have dodged lions and other large furry things to challenge his superiority.
Distracted in their mission and captured by Zimbani himself, Lenarkos and Chester's relationship soon unravels after they're faced with their doom. Chester wears Lenarkos' dead mother's hat and Lenarkos falls in love with him. It's that weird!
Additional details
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 4th June 2010 at 10:50pm on U&Dave
- Episode length
- 20 minutes
- All previous repeats
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- Tuesday 6th March 2012 at 2:40am on U&Dave
- Friday 13th January 2012 at 2:40am on U&Dave
- Thursday 9th September 2010 at 11:40pm on U&Dave