'Little Britain's Matt Lucas creates silent comedy 'Pompidou' for BBC
Matt Lucas and the BBC have revealed the first details of their silent comedy project Pompidou.
The Little Britain comic's new series has been inspired by Lucas's passion for classic silent comedy such as Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy and Mr Bean.
Pompidou, a six-part series, will air in late 2014.
"I'm delighted to be back at the BBC with another show full of new characters - however, unlike Little Britain and Come Fly With Me, this one has no dialogue at all," said Lucas.
"I've been working for a while with two great writers - Julian Dutton and Ashley Blaker - to create a bunch of new faces which we hope will appeal to audiences in Britain and beyond. At the centre of it is Pompidou himself, an elderly aristocratic English oddball who has fallen on hard times but who remains upbeat and resourceful."
The show has been commissioned by...
The Little Britain comic's new series has been inspired by Lucas's passion for classic silent comedy such as Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy and Mr Bean.
Pompidou, a six-part series, will air in late 2014.
"I'm delighted to be back at the BBC with another show full of new characters - however, unlike Little Britain and Come Fly With Me, this one has no dialogue at all," said Lucas.
"I've been working for a while with two great writers - Julian Dutton and Ashley Blaker - to create a bunch of new faces which we hope will appeal to audiences in Britain and beyond. At the centre of it is Pompidou himself, an elderly aristocratic English oddball who has fallen on hard times but who remains upbeat and resourceful."
The show has been commissioned by...
- 3/25/2013
- Digital Spy
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