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NOW THE WEATHER...
🕑 Added 2019-06-07 10:37:01 +0000 UTCHere's something that I thought lost to the mists of time - a short clip from a sitcom pilot I wrote in 2006, starring Mark Heap, Tim Key, Ingrid Oliver, Marc Wootton, James Lance and others.
It was off the back of this that I asked James and Ingrid to be in Biffovision. Mark Heap played a desperate weather reader who yearned to be a newsreader.
There's loads about it that's great, but I can see why it wasn't commissioned for a series. It's big, and broad, and silly, and that wasn't the sort of thing Channel 4 really did back then.
It also lacks a bit of atmosphere - and knowing what I know now, I'd have loved to have a crack at re-editing it. Or directing it, even
But... there are lots of moments that I adore. These two scenes in particular, mainly because of Mark Heap, who is just sublime. Of all the pilots I did, it was this and Biffovision which felt closest to the sort of thing I wanted to make.
I'm not going to ever post any of this publicly - legally, I'm not sure I'm allowed to (so keep it quiet) - but I'll be sharing more clips with you from this and the pilot I made with Dylan Moran and Maxine Peake...
Comments
Ric Foames
love mark hemp
Jake Laverde
Oh wow! Would love to see the whole thing!
Tyronne Mann
Perhaps re-edit it into a found footage episode set around the last day(s) of a tv studio closing down.
Tyronne Mann
Bloody hell why did I not see the resemblance sooner - I had literally no idea that is who her mum was but it is blindingly obvious now.
Andrew Edwards
Brilliant. Mark on top form there. Also, Selina Griffiths sounds exactly like her mum! It's uncanny.
Goggz
this is terrific :D did many laughs
Matthew Long
This was great; such a shame Channel 4 rejected it - made me laugh, anyway! Terrific physical comedy from Mark Heap. He's always good.
Nick
Fantastic!
Colin Hughes
Excellent, thank you for sharing. I would have watched it if it contained more of that daft silliness.
Re-Enthused
I tried for ages to get something commissioned. Unlike you though my problem came from a lack of talent, which I eventually realised. Seeing this which was also rejected just shows how far away I was :)
Chris JC
It does seem slightly desolate without the laugh track. I can see why they thought to try it.
Chris JC
Didn’t think I’d see this again.
InfamousUK
I bloody well love mark heap
I would have commissioned it. And if that was the only good scene? Then I would show that scene 10 times. I am that kind of commissioner.
WhatHoSnorkers
I am looking forward to watching this. Mark Heap is always great...and it's super-secret so I'm in with the in-crowd!
ah ha ha I liked this.
The Gaming Muso
Excellent physical comedy there! I can relate to his character so much at the beginning....until he reads the news 😂
Paul Rose (Mr Biffo)
He's such a brilliant physical actor.
Paul Rose (Mr Biffo)
Can't believe I still had a copy!
John Veness
Excellent! Lovely bit of slapstick at the end, as well.
Nicola
Thank you for sharing this!
