Little Miss Jocelyn
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| Little Miss Jocelyn | |
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 Opening credits for Little Miss Jocelyn series 1 & 2 |
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| Format | Sketch comedy |
| Created by | Jocelyn Jee Esien |
| Starring | Jocelyn Jee Esien |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC Three (series 1) BBC Two (series 2) |
| Original run | 22 August 2006 – Present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Little Miss Jocelyn is a sketch comedy series written by Jocelyn Jee Esien, who also plays all the main characters. The show is mostly made up of studio sketches; but also features hidden camera footage, in which unsuspecting members of the public were involved in a scene.
[edit] History
The first series was heavily promoted with a television advert that depicted some of the main characters of the show on a bus, driven by Sheson, which was eventually stopped by Jiffy. The first episode aired on BBC Three in the United Kingdom, on 22 August 2006 and earned healthy viewing figures[citation needed]. The show was also available in the UK via Internet streaming one week before transmission. On 21 March 2007 the BBC announced that a second series of six episodes had been commissioned, and that the show would be promoted to BBC Two. The second series was filmed in the summer of 2007, and began airing on 10 January 2008 on BBC Two.
[edit] Selected Characters
Prominent characters include:
Jiffy - One of Little Miss Jocelyn's signature characters, a dysfunctional traffic warden who gives people ticket's for things like sleeping in the car or breaking down. She often's appears in strange places, such as the back of a car, in the screen of a cash machine, in the glove compartment or in the boot of the car. She often gives a lengthy speech about her services as a traffic warden insisting she works for the Queen.
Florence - An overweight dietitian who used voodo to help people lose weight.
Sheson - Also one of the show's signature characters. Sheson is a cockney-jamacian bus driver who is always unpleasant to her passengers.
Paulette - A spoilt middle aged women who screams and cries if she dosen't get her own way.
Fiona - A middle aged woman working in an office, who try's to conceal the fact that she is black.
Madame President - Also one of the show's signature characters. The first black, female president of the United States who when asked a question at press conferences, always replies in Ebonics heavily laced with references to African-American culture (such as Diff'rent Strokes and Cab Calloway).
Mrs Omwukupopo - A nigerian women who is constantly in marriage couselling with her several husbands, and often makes a move on the councillor, or often insulting them calling them a "pimp" or "prostitute".
Helen - A women who is often in an important place, such as a wedding when she scratches her buttocks along the floor. When the people look confused she replies "I've got Worms...".
Gladys Kingston - An old jamacian woman who is going through a divorce because her husband cheated on her. This has made her hate male people.
Sharonisha - A teenage schoolgirl with her friends. The scene is on a bus, sometimes driven by Sheson, who always talk to other passengers and ask them questions. Sharonisha makes a big speech about how something her friend has said dosen't make sense and often calls other passenger "pefodiles".
