Category: 91Èȱ¬ THREE
Date: 12.05.2005
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91Èȱ¬ THREE has commissioned a second series of the popular comedy series Ideal, three further The Trouble With. documentaries following last year's RTS-nominated The Trouble With Black Men, and series of Spendaholics and Honey We're Killing The Kids!
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Ideal, in which Johnny Vegas reprises his role as Moz, a small-time dope dealer, is a co-venture between 91Èȱ¬ Comedy North and Baby Cow productions.
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Commissioned for eight half-hour episodes, the series is written by Graham Duff with additional material from Tony Burgess.
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The executive producers are Kenton Allen, 91Èȱ¬'s Editor of Comedy, and Henry Normal and Steve Coogan for Baby Cow.
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91Èȱ¬ Comedy North is enjoying tremendous success following its launch in October 2003. As well as the new series of Ideal, 91Èȱ¬ THREE has also commissioned 91Èȱ¬ Comedy North to turn the recent pilot of I'm With Stupid into a six-part series which will go into production later this year.
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And filming will start next month on ten-part series Funland, a darkly twisted comic thriller. Two new comedy pilots for 91Èȱ¬ Three will also go into production later this year.
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The Trouble With... series of documentaries from Diverse follows the acclaimed The Trouble With Black Men, in which David Mathews tackled the issues facing young black men in Britain today.
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In The Trouble With Young People, journalist Carole Malone condemns liberal and over-indulgent parenting; broadcaster and writer Simon Fanshawe challenges gay stereotypes in The Trouble With Gay Men; and comedian and writer Robin Ince is disturbed by the emergence of an older generation growing old disgracefully in The Trouble With Old People. The executive producer is Leonie Jameson.
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Out-of-control shopaholics are put under the microscope to unravel the buried meanings behind their spiralling debt in Spendaholics, the first 10-part series of which has proved a popular hit with viewers on Thursday nights at 9.00pm.
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Presented by shopping and lifestyle expert Jay Hunt and self-help author Benjamin Fry and produced by Betty TV, the second series of ten one-hour episodes will be executive produced by Liz Warner.
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Following a successful pilot earlier this year, 91Èȱ¬ THREE has commissioned a six by one-hour series of Honey We're Killing The Kids! - a ground-breaking programme which aims to help parents improve their children's learning ability, fulfil their potential and give them the social skills to succeed.
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It imagines fast-forwarding their children's lives until they are 40 years old to see what they look like, and how healthy and successful they would be.
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The series is to be presented by child psychology expert and Government Children's Health adviser Kris Murrin.
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The series producer is Robin Ashbrook and the executive producer is Helen Bullough.
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Stuart Murphy, Controller of 91Èȱ¬ THREE, says: "These new commissions demonstrate 91Èȱ¬ THREE's commitment to be the most innovative multi-genre digital channel in the UK.
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"Ideal has been 91Èȱ¬ THREE's highest-rating original comedy since Little Britain and has given Comedy North a hit show in only their first year.
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"The new series of The Trouble With... continues the channel's emerging tradition of topical and thought-provoking factual programmes, while Spendaholics and Honey We're Killing The Kids! are part of a raft of 'therapy' and parenting programmes on the channel."
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Notes to Editors
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91Èȱ¬ THREE has just won a clutch of awards at the prestigious Rose D'Or television festival in Lucerne.
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Little Britain's Matt Lucas and David Walliams were awarded Golden Roses for Best Comedy and Best Male Comedy Performance, hard on the heels of two Bafta Awards last month.
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Dark comedy drama Nighty Night, written by and starring Julia Davis and made by Baby Cow, won a Golden Rose for Best Sitcom.
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Flashmob - The Opera won the Golden Rose in the Music Category.
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91Èȱ¬ THREE reaches nearly nine million viewers a week (ahead of E4 and Sky One, and second only to ITV2).
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Forthcoming programme highlights this summer include The Week The Women Went, a second series of Bafta-nominated drama Bodies, new series of The Smoking Room and The Mighty Boosh (which was nominated for a Comedy Award), as well as The Office - An American Workplace.
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The Best of Three Multiscreen, a ground-breaking complementary application for satellite viewers, is currently being trialled on Sunday nights at 9.00pm via the red button.
