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New 91Èȱ¬ Two comedy: In My Country starring Omid Djalili, Miranda Hart's Joke Shop and Rab C Nesbitt
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Lucy Lumsden, Controller of 91Èȱ¬ Comedy Commissioning, today announced new comedy commissions for 91Èȱ¬
Two, Simon Nye's In My Country (working title), Miranda
Hart's Joke Shop and a special return for Rab C Nesbitt.
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 In My Country (working title) is written by Simon Nye (Men
Behaving Badly), with additional material written by Omid
Djalili, and described as Men Behaving Badly meets Rising
Damp, or even Only Fools And Horses mixed with Goodness
Gracious Me.
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Set in a run down guest house in north London, Omid Djalili
(The Omid Djalili show, 91Èȱ¬ One) plays Navid, an Iranian
immigrant down on his luck and a permanent resident at the
guest house.
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Stephen K Amos (stand-up comedian and star of
Live At The Apollo, 91Èȱ¬ One; The Royal Variety Show and
EastEnders) plays Johnny, a Nigerian immigrant newly arrived
in Britain.
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Other guest house residents include: Ratana (Vee Vimolmal),
an ex-Thai bride, and her eight-year-old son; Sali (Velibor
Topic), an immigrant from Kosovo; plus, half-a-dozen Polish
builders who work 18-hours a day and then fall asleep in a
pile.
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Mrs Ledley (Amelia Bullmore), the landlady, lives next
door and appears every now and then to collect the rent, and
to remind them of the rules of the house: "If you see a rat,
kill it."
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In My Country is six 30-minute episodes and will go into
production in 2009 to be shown later that year.
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It is produced by
Jane Berthoud, directed by Tony Dow and executive produced by
Mark Freeland.
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The series was commissioned by Roly Keating,
Controller of 91Èȱ¬ Two, and Lucy Lumsden, Controller of 91Èȱ¬
Comedy Commissioning.
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Comedy actress Miranda Hart (Hyperdrive, 91Èȱ¬ Two; Not Going
Out, 91Èȱ¬ One; Lead Balloon, 91Èȱ¬ Two/Four) writes and stars in
her first solo television series, Miranda Hart's Joke Shop.
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Meet Miranda. She's desperate to fit in, but can't. She has
never managed to flirt successfully; has never fitted in with "the girls" (not least because she's a foot taller than them)
and, due to years of agoraphobic tendencies, she doesn't know
how to behave socially or how to avoid embarrassment,
especially around men.
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Also she is a constant disappointment
to her mother Penny.
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Miranda Hart's Joke Shop (working title) is a farcical,
affectionate and thoroughly modern comedy about being the odd
one out.
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Miranda Hart's Joke Shop is six 30-minute episodes
written and starring Miranda Hart, and will go into
production in 2009 to be shown later that year.
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The series
is directed by Gareth Carrivick, produced by Nerys Evans,
executive produced by Pete Thornton and commissioned by Roly
Keating and Lucy Lumsden.
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The much-loved Govan philosopher Rab C Nesbitt returns for
the first time in a decade for a new one-off 45-minute special.
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With his inimitable patter Gregor Fisher will once
again don his string vest.
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What's been happening to him in
the last ten years? Is he still a hell-raiser or a reformed
character?
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Elaine C Smith as Mary "Mary Doll" Nesbitt,
Rabs's long-suffering wife, joins him.
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The original award-winning series created by Ian Pattison first appeared in the late Eighties and ran for eight series.
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The special is again written by Ian and will be shown later
this year, directed and produced by Colin Gilbert from the
Comedy Unit (part of the RDF Media Group), and commissioned
by Roly Keating and Lucy Lumsden.
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Lucy Lumsden said: "The return of a great character such as Rab C Nesbitt, along
with two new audience sit-coms, reflects the wide range of
diverse, distinctive, quality comedy 91Èȱ¬ Two continues to
offer viewers."
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