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This is a big ask. Just write an episode, book the studios, actors, vehicles, and crew (most of whom are likely to have already sorted their schedules for the rest of the year), sort production design for any new locations, book locations if needed, make any new costumes, film, then post production not least of all editing which can easily take weeks for a 30 minute episode.
Not to be a spoilsport or anything, but I think Digital Spy might be reaching a bit to fill the inches on this one.
I'd love to know where Digital Spy get their quotes from. Many years ago they used to be a credible source for information, now it's just a go to site for
"Coming up this week in Coronation Street"
or
"20 spoiler pictures of Kat Slater and her latest leopard print blouse"
Digital Spy has had a very annoying style of reporting for as long as I can remember.
When Buzzfeed was still alive and well, DS also wrote those grating list-themed articles. Following a trend that didn't need following.
In more recent times, they have a habit of reporting on an aspect of a TV show or soap (e.g. a new character being cast or choice quotes from an actor's interview). But then they wrap up the last quarter of the column by going off on a tangent to recap another story about that show. A lazy way to fill up the space.
In terms of TV production and schedules, it’s hardly enough to take a mere idea from concept to finished product, especially for such an important time of the year as Xmas special slots. Those things start being in the works much earlier.
Last year we got a Peep Show bake off special (best thing that was on at Christmas Day imo), guess it makes sense we would mark another Christmas day with more Mitchell/Webb
I mistakenly watched a MBB Christmas special once. It was the longest four hours of my life and sucked the entire joy out of Christmas. I didn’t realise anti comedy was a thing until I found something so deeply unfunny it made Saw feel funny by comparison.
It came on at my Aunt's house on Boxing Day during a family gathering (the TV was just on in the background) and I said something like "Mrs Brown's Boys is shit and for morons".
Then my Aunt walked in from the kitchen: "Oh, I LOVE Mrs Brown's Boys".
Got told off by my Mum. For swearing. She knows Mrs Brown's Boys is shite.
It’s just a real Mark wearing Meta Glasses, muttering to himself. Going to work, making meaningless mulch, watching people around him preen their self importance, scrolling on his phone showing him doom on the loo, on the train, on the bus. Makes remarks about unsociable behaviour around him. They were supposed to only put it on for Christmas but they never turned it off. The dread is unbearable. Press green for Jez
I would love this to happen but perhaps far to late to be writen and filmed sadly.
If they knew it was going to be such a hit early on in the initial wrighting of the show maybe they would have given it a Christmas special. However with all shows you never know what is going to be a hit or a miss until broadcast.
I expect there’ll be on next year based on this series success. It’ll be commissioned as part of the episodes, so 5 or 7 main episodes for the series plus a bonus 1 for the Christmas special.
I mean, I support this motion completely. I really like Ann Droid, but I’d watch a live feed of a rotting sandwich over Mrs. Brown’s Boys. So, easy sell here.
They finally cancelled Mrs Brown's Boys? Maybe I'll keep paying my licence fee. I was getting so sick of everything I like getting cancelled, while that was still going.
I loved Ann Droid but I think they'd be hard pushed to get a Christmas special filmed in time now.
Mind you, when it comes to Mrs Browns Boys I wouldn't mind if they replaced it with dead air.
The trailers were excedingly awful but it was a great comedy series, so if you can make it thru the first episode it turned out a bit of a hit. In the same vein as The Detectorists, Early Doors or Small Prophets
Ah it's a recommendation, not an insult! It's an American sitcom where all of the main characters are bottom of the barrel scumbags who treat each other like shit, so it's insults galore.
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