The Play What I Wrote - BBC4 Comedy - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

The Play What I Wrote. Image shows left to right: Dennis (Dennis Herdman), Tom (Tom Hiddleston), Thom (Thom Tuck)

Genre

Comedy

Broadcast

2022

Channel

BBC Four

Episodes

1

Stars

Dennis Herdman, Thom Tuck, Tom Hiddleston, Mitesh Soni and Georgia Mann

Writers

Hamish McColl, Sean Foley and Eddie Braben

Directors

Sean Foley and Maria Needle

Producers

Joshua Beaumont, Rachael Thomas, Chloe Naldrett, Leanne Tattum, Matt Taylor, Emma Cahusac, David Pugh and Alli Coyne

Companies

The sensationally funny homage to Morecambe and Wise.

Filmed live at Theatre Royal, Bath, this smash-hit production of The Play What I Wrote is a sensationally funny homage to Morecambe and Wise.

Directed by Birmingham Rep's artistic director, Sean Foley, co-written by Hamish McColl, Foley and, of course, Eddie Braben, this Olivier Award-winning comedy, originally directed by Kenneth Branagh, brings sunshine to the stage.

Thom has written a play, an epic set in the French Revolution, called A Tight Squeeze for the Scarlet Pimple. Dennis, on the other hand, wants to continue with their double act. He believes that if they perform a tribute to Morecambe and Wise, Thom's comic confidence will be restored, and the double act will go on. But first, Dennis needs to persuade a guest star to appear in the play what Thom wrote.

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Production

Event

Camera set-up

Multi-camera

Picture

Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Sunday 18th December 2022 at 8pm on BBC Four

Episode length

90 minutes