Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive

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Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
Genre sitcom
Starring Rob Brydon,
Dave Gorman,
Jane Moore,
Phil Nichol
No. of episodes 6
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel BBC 3
Original run July 11, 2006 – present

Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive is a BBC Three television show, which first aired in the UK in July 2006. It concerns the making of a comedy panel game show called Annually Retentive, themed around historical events, and hosted by Rob Brydon. The show is deliberately parodic, as Brydon plays a hyper-realised, (and exaggeratedly nasty), version of himself, while the game show blatantly steals ideas from other, similar shows such as Have I Got News For You and Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

Its "show within a show" format is reminiscent of The Larry Sanders Show which explored the blurring of reality and fantasy in a similar way. The show cuts between fictionalized scenes that see Brydon and the producers making the panel game, and scenes from the game show itself. These latter segments were filmed in full, as if Annually Retentive were a real show, in front of live audiences at BBC Television Centre who, initially, were not made aware of its intentionally derivative and uninspired nature. A good portion of the game show segments were scripted; however, the panellists were allowed to 'play out' the game as if it were real, and occasionally improvise.[1]

The two team captains are Dave Gorman and Jane Moore. Celebrities appearing on the game show as panellists include Trisha Goddard, Jo Brand, Gyles Brandreth, David Mitchell, Omid Djalili, Alexei Sayle, Richard Bacon, Sue Perkins, Alistair McGowan, Ronni Ancona, Dominik Diamond and Russell Brand. Other celebrities such as Sir Elton John, David Walliams and Jonathan Ross make appearances in the 'framing' segments of the show.

The show is written by Paul Duddridge and Rob Brydon.

Each episode was made available to UK viewers to watch on the BBC Three Website a week before it aired. There is currently no news on a transfer to BBC One or Two.

A second series will be made, and the 'gameshow' portion was filmed on the 11th and 12th of January 2007. Dave Gorman and Jane Moore return as team captains.

The first series is due to be released on DVD on 02 April 2007 . [2]

Contents

[edit] Episode 1

  • First transmitted on BBC Three at 10.30 p.m. on Tuesday 11th July 2006.
  • Repeated on BBC Three at 10.35 p.m. on Wednesday 12th July 2006 and at 12.00 a.m. on Sunday 15th July 2006.
  • Guest panellists on Dave Gorman's team: Richard Bacon and Gail Porter.
  • Guest panellists on Jane Moore's team: David Mitchell and Lucy Porter.
  • Also featuring: Jonathan Ross (uncredited)

[edit] Episode 2

[edit] Episode 3

  • First transmitted on BBC Three at 10.30 p.m. on Tuesday 25th July 2006.
  • Repeated on BBC Three at 10.35 p.m. on Wednesday 26th July 2006.
  • Guest panellists on Dave Gorman's team: Josie D'Arby and Robert Webb.
  • Guest panellists on Jane Moore's team: Russell Brand and Marcus Brigstocke.

[edit] Episode 4

  • First transmitted on BBC Three at 10.30 p.m. on Tuesday 1st August 2006.
  • Repeated on BBC Three at 10.35 p.m. on Wednesday 2nd August 2006.
  • Guest panellists on Dave Gorman's team: Boyd Hilton and Ronni Ancona.
  • Guest panellists on Jane Moore's team: Jo Brand and Paul Foot.
  • Also featuring: Kirsten O'Brien

[edit] Episode 5

[edit] Episode 6

  • First transmitted on BBC Three at 10.30 p.m. on Tuesday 15th August 2006.
  • Repeated on BBC Three at 10.35pm on Wednesday 16th August 2006.
  • Guest panellists on Dave Gorman's team: Trisha Goddard and Rob Deering
  • Guest panellists on Jane Moore's team: Gyles Brandreth and Sue Perkins

[edit] Regular cast

Hosted by

With

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Dave Gorman's blog, entries for March 7th and 9th
  2. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MV8356/026-5847197-5088428

[edit] See also

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