TEH IT CROWDS NEWS

Sun, 14/01/2007 - 19:46 — John Hoare

Finally! From a couple of posts on Linehan's blog.

In summary:

• The second series is due "round about/just after summer". Excellent.
• Despite my rumour-mongering, "we'll be shooting in front of an audience, just like last time". Hooray!
• Regardless of what Linehan said on the DVD commentary, Mathews isn't involved with writing the second series - they had a go at writing a bit of it together, but it didn't work out, so Linehan's writing the second series completely by himself. Personally, I don't give a shit - I thought the first series was marvellous, and much as I admire Mathews' writing, I equally enjoy Linehan's.

The news about the series definitely being shot in front of a studio audience is absolutely fantastic. It seemed such a stupid rumour that it wasn't going to be - the only reason I published it was because it came from the ticket company themselves. As soon as tickets become available, I'll let you know.

Oh, and to everyone who expected the second series to start on January 5th - don't trust IMDB for things like that...

Comments

John Hoare / Tue, 23/01/2007 - 06:30 / # It's not really that long. It's only about a year and a half's wait - loads of UK sitcoms have to wait that long, or even longer, between series.

John Hoare / Sun, 18/02/2007 - 02:53 / # No, Summer this year in the UK - around August time. A year and a half from the broadcast of the first series in the UK last year.