Thursday 3 April 2008

Warning Notice

Jadiie consider yourself warned.  Although I am pleased with some of the work and your blog you have not completed the research task.  You had 2 weeks and you have really not done very much. Hopefully your future tasks will show how able you really are!

Do you think radio is still important in the continued development of sitcom?

I agree that radio sitcoms have in the past played a massive part in the development of sitcom,but i dont think that the radio is still important to sitcom, sitcom on the television is alot more visual and real, a hell of alot more people watch television than that listen to the radio. I agree with how important the radio has been to tv sitcom especially since it originated from the radio!
I listened to Yes, minister, a popular show on the BBC's biggest comedy radio show, i thought it was a bit high brow for me, it wasnt real and i thought it was just like listening to some men in a room. Although i did listen The Burkiss Way, which i thought was quite funny, very slapstick but quite funny. I dont prefer it to tv sitcoms but i think thats because they are much more mainstream.
Yes many popular tv sitcom's have come from the radio but they are much better on the tv than the radio, i listened to Dad's army and as i have seen this on tv a few times, i knew what it was about, but it couldnt compare to the tv sitcom, which in itself isnt that good.
There are some good radio sitcoms, like the Burkiss Way, (been listening to it for like an hour!) and Dead Ringers, which i think is better but on the radio!
But basically no i dont think the radio is still important in the continued development of sitcom.

Tuesday 1 April 2008

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The Vicar Of Dibley

The Vicar of Dibley is a British Sitcom created by Richard Curtis and written for its lead actress, Dawn French, by Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, with contributions from Kit Hesketh-Harvey. The Vicar of Dibley aired from 1994 to 2007. In 2004, it came third in Britain's Best Sitcom.

The Cast:

Dawn French - The Rev. Geraldine Granger
Gary Waldhorn - Councillor David Horton
James Fleet - Hugo Horton
Emma Chambers - Alice Horton (née Tinker)
Roger Lloyd Pack - Owen Newitt
John Bluthal - Frank Pickle
Trevor Peacock - Jim Trott