Sorry, I've Got No Head Explained

Genre:Satire
Sketch comedy
Creator:Jeremy Salsby
Director:Ian Curtis
Theme Music Composer:The Newsmakers
Opentheme:La La
Endtheme:La La (reprise)
Composer:The Newsmakers
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Series:3
Num Episodes:39
Executive Producer:Graham Stuart
Producer:Tom Miller
Company:So Television
Network:CBBC
BBC One
BBC Three

Sorry, I've Got No Head is a CBBC children's sketch comedy television series. The programme's cast originally consisted of William Andrews, David Armand, James Bachman, Marcus Brigstocke, Anna Crilly, Justin Edwards, Mark Evans, Mel Giedroyc, Marek Larwood, and Nick Mohammed.[1] The series was produced by So Television.[2]

Anne Gilchrist, former CBBC controller, has been credited by her successor for commissioning the series. Pixelface, another programme by CBBC, is inspired by the show's "Backstage Access" sketches.[3] Sorry, I've Got No Head was axed by the BBC in 2011 after its third series.[4]

Reception

James Wignall of The Guardian referred to the show in 2008 as "Little Britain for kids", also stating that it was "on par" with Big Train, reached the heights of Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, and "easily outstrip[ped] the Fast Show." He reasoned that this was the show did not patronise its audience, and that its actors recognised a wider scope with which they could be "really very silly and surreal indeed".[5]

In 2019, CBBC created a ranking of its own shows on social media, ranking Sorry, I've Got No Head as "God tier", an inclusion which Cosmopolitan said was "questionable".[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guide . British Comedy . 2009-09-03 . CBBC order 3rd series of 'Got No Head' and a sitcom spin-off . 2024-06-09 . British Comedy Guide . en.
  2. News: Carter . Meg . 2010-03-15 . CBBC show Big Babies heralds TV comedy partnerships . 2024-11-03 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  3. Web site: Pixelface - BBC1 Sitcom . 2024-11-04 . British Comedy Guide . en.
  4. Web site: Seale . Jack . 2011-11-23 . Sorry, I've Got No Head axed by BBC . 2024-11-03 . Radio Times . en-GB.
  5. News: Wignall . James . 2008-09-22 . Here's Little Britain for kids . 2024-11-03 . . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  6. Web site: Baxter-Wright . Dusty . 2019-08-22 . TV fans are fuming over CBBC's ranking of its own shows . 2024-11-03 . Cosmopolitan . en-GB.