NOW THE WEATHER... (Patreon)

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2019-06-07 10:37:01

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2021-05

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Here'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...

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NOW THE WEATHER CLIP

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 I love about it, but I can see why it wasn't commissioned. 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.