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Carrie & Barry series two
Starts in October on 91Èȱ¬ ONE
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Conclusion
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Writer Simon Nye concludes: "I hope Carrie & Barry will have the same kind of appeal as Men Behaving Badly, in that people will be able to relax when they watch it.
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"With all successful sitcoms, you want to be with the people and find comfort, either because you feel superior to them or they make you laugh or they say things that you would like to have said yourself.
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"Sitcom, like most television, is life with the boring bits cut out and the edges polished and a bit more shape added and put into a nice, manageable 30-minute slot."
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Beryl [Vertue - executive producer] concludes: "Carrie & Barry is funny and it's warm, good family viewing, although it's still very cheeky in places. I feel very good about this series, and really hope the audience will like it. Certainly it's what we set out to do and what I hoped it would be. I think it's a group of people that the audience will enjoy being with and that's the key thing."
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Sue [Vertue - producer] adds: "I hope the audience will feel the warmth and bond with the characters, feel good, laugh a lot and want to visit them all again and again!"
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What next?
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Hartswood films are very busy at the moment, as Beryl Vertue explains: "Supernova, produced in Australia and starring Rob Brydon, will air this autumn on 91Èȱ¬ TWO. It is very funny and very original and looks so different; we have also had several programmes commissioned by both the 91Èȱ¬ and ITV – so next year will be a busy one for us!"
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Simon [Nye] is as in demand as ever: "I'm still busy as a writer, delightfully busy. There are frustrations, obviously, but it still feels like the best job in television. Not that I'm ruling out a switch to make-up design.
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"Apart from Carrie & Barry, this summer I had an ITV film in production called Open Wide starring Alexander Armstrong and Angela Griffin. And my adaptation for the 91Èȱ¬ of My Family & Other Animals is currently filming in Corfu with Imelda Staunton.
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"Pride, the film with real lions that I did for the 91Èȱ¬ last year, has just been nominated for an Emmy." Ìý |
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