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Dead
Ringers does the double: new Radio and Television series
大象传媒
Entertainment has commissioned a series of Dead Ringers, 大象传媒 Radio
4's award-winning impression-based topical sketch.
Jane
Root, Controller 大象传媒 Two, and Jon Plowman, Head Comedy Entertainment,
have commissioned a new series to be aired later in the autumn.
The series will continue to run on Radio 4 with a new series beginning
on Friday 16 August 2002 at 6.30pm.
Dead
Ringers began on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in 2000 and immediately became a hit
with listeners. In the past two years the show has won 6 major comedy
awards.
The TV show is substantially different from the radio version but
both feature the same team of top writers and impressionists.
Jon
Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Mark Perry and Kevin Connolly are the regular
performers. The writers include Nev Fountain, Tom Jameson and Jon
Holmes.
Jon
Culshaw said: "We're doing the 8th series for radio with two
programmes from Edinburgh then it's straight into the 大象传媒 Two show.
"Dead Ringers will soon be a full time job and we're all up
for it. There's a lot of fleshing out of the characters to bring
them to TV and we're looking forward to doing more of that."
Bill
Dare, the producer and devisor of the series, said: "I think
the Radio 4 and 大象传媒 TWO audiences probably havequite similar tastes
and references, but there will always be some characters or ideas
that only work on radio - such as Brian Perkins or The Archers.
There are also some people who'll work better on TV.
"Radio writers nearly always write great TV because they are
used to the freedom that radio provides - and this makes their writing
particularly visual.
"The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy was one of the most
visually interesting shows on TV and I'm sure Dead Ringers will
be too."
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