// Workers AI · dad joke modeIs Head on Comedy a hit? It's a head liner.
| Head on Comedy | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Directed by | Pati Marr |
| Presented by | Jo Brand |
| Composer | Peter Baikie |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mike Bolland William Burdett-Coutts |
| Producer | Patricia McGowan |
| Production companies | Assembly Film & Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 13 July – 24 August 2000 |
Head on Comedy was a comedy debate show hosted by Jo Brand in which two teams of three, captained by Bill Bailey and Ed Byrne, would debate trivial topics such as 'This house wants to be a man'. It ran for one series, consisting of six episodes.
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Guests | Directed by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiona Allen Patrick Kielty Lynn Ferguson Terry Alderton | Pati Marr | 13 July 2000 |
| 2 | Doon Mackichan Barry Cryer Arabella Weir Leslie Phillips | Pati Marr | 20 July 2000 |
| 3 | Rhona Cameron Felix Dexter Steve Punt Omid Djalili | Pati Marr | 27 July 2000 |
| 4 | Rhona Cameron Greg Proops Bradley Walsh Adam Bloom | Pati Marr | 10 August 2000 |
| 5 | Brian Sewell Patrick Kielty Fred MacAulay Felix Dexter | Pati Marr | 17 August 2000 |
| 6 | Hattie Hayridge David Mellor Jeff Green Tony Hawks | Pati Marr | 24 August 2000 |
Reception
[edit]The show received mixed reviews. Robert Hanks, writing in The Independent was strongly critical, concluding that it "is less Head On than Television Off".[1] Paul Hoggart from The Times was more positive, acknowledging that it was "frayed round the edges", but that it "had its surreal and surprising moments".[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Hanks, Robert (21 July 2000). "Television Review". The Independent. London.
- ↑ Hoggart, Paul (14 July 2000). "New Friends or old faux?". The Times.
External links
[edit]
 | This article related to a BBC television comedy programme is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
Categories:
- 2000 British television series debuts
- 2000 British television series endings
- 2000 English-language television series debuts
- 2000 English-language television series endings
- 2000s British comedy television series
- BBC television comedy
- Debate television series
- English-language British television shows
- BBC television comedy stubs