Friday, July 15, 2011

Honest + Posh Nosh + Trevor's World of Sport

Another comedy 3-on-1 from the 2000's

Honest starred Amanda Redman and was an attempt at a British version of New Zealand's Outrageous Fortune.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honest_%28TV_series%29

Posh Nosh was a parody of the endless and cheap-to-produce chef shows that plague the channels. Co-written and co-starring Arabella Weir (The Fast Show), it consists of 9-minute episodes. For that reason I've seen this pop up on PBS stations in the US when something short is needed to fill space within their rigid 30/60 minute time slots.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posh_Nosh

Trevor's World of Sport was another comedy from the pen of Andy Hamilton and starred Neil Pearson who was also a star of another Hamilton co-written comedy Drop the Dead Donkey. Claire Skinner is also in Trevor's World and of course she now stars in Hamilton's Outnumbered. Rosalind Ayres found roles in both as well. Anyways, this had a longer run as a radio show (2004-2007) following the TV version. 
Actually, the photo is wrong and there are 7 episodes, not 6.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor%27s_World_of_Sport

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