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
love mark hemp
Ric Foames
2023-03-03 04:28:01 +0000 UTCOh wow! Would love to see the whole thing!
Jake Laverde
2019-06-21 03:08:29 +0000 UTCPerhaps re-edit it into a found footage episode set around the last day(s) of a tv studio closing down.
Tyronne Mann
2019-06-19 12:03:56 +0000 UTCBloody 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.
Tyronne Mann
2019-06-19 12:01:54 +0000 UTCBrilliant. Mark on top form there. Also, Selina Griffiths sounds exactly like her mum! It's uncanny.
Andrew Edwards
2019-06-17 19:55:55 +0000 UTCthis is terrific :D did many laughs
Goggz
2019-06-12 17:34:18 +0000 UTCThis was great; such a shame Channel 4 rejected it - made me laugh, anyway! Terrific physical comedy from Mark Heap. He's always good.
Matthew Long
2019-06-07 22:33:16 +0000 UTCFantastic!
Nick
2019-06-07 19:05:07 +0000 UTCExcellent, thank you for sharing. I would have watched it if it contained more of that daft silliness.
Colin Hughes
2019-06-07 16:09:43 +0000 UTCI 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 :)
Re-Enthused
2019-06-07 11:38:26 +0000 UTCIt does seem slightly desolate without the laugh track. I can see why they thought to try it.
Chris JC
2019-06-07 11:28:02 +0000 UTCDidn’t think I’d see this again.
Chris JC
2019-06-07 11:26:35 +0000 UTCI bloody well love mark heap
InfamousUK
2019-06-07 10:56:26 +0000 UTCI 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.
2019-06-07 10:52:59 +0000 UTCI am looking forward to watching this. Mark Heap is always great...and it's super-secret so I'm in with the in-crowd!
WhatHoSnorkers
2019-06-07 10:52:41 +0000 UTCah ha ha I liked this.
2019-06-07 10:51:48 +0000 UTCExcellent physical comedy there! I can relate to his character so much at the beginning....until he reads the news 😂
The Gaming Muso
2019-06-07 10:51:26 +0000 UTCHe's such a brilliant physical actor.
Paul Rose (Mr Biffo)
2019-06-07 10:46:46 +0000 UTCCan't believe I still had a copy!
Paul Rose (Mr Biffo)
2019-06-07 10:44:34 +0000 UTCExcellent! Lovely bit of slapstick at the end, as well.
John Veness
2019-06-07 10:44:24 +0000 UTCThank you for sharing this!
Nicola
2019-06-07 10:43:39 +0000 UTC
