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Post by pianowithsam on Jan 25, 2020 18:37:56 GMT
I'd really love if any future TV series showed a bit more 'behind the scenes', so we saw more of Chris Bean and the other characters as themselves, and the relationships between them. They used moving between the actual play and the behind the scenes goings-on so brilliantly onstage, thinking of things like accidentally playing the voice recording footage in PPGW, and surely TV could do this far more effectively? It's a bit flat without it. People unfamiliar with Mischief's stage shows possibly don't even realise it's supposed to be the same group of characters putting on different 'shows' every week. The episodes still work, but it feels a bit "this is a straight up spoof of a courtroom drama" or "spoof of a period drama" and the play-within-a-play element that lets you connect emotionally to the characters. Especially with the dropping of the Cornley Polytechnic Dramatic Society.
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Post by marob on Jan 25, 2020 21:22:30 GMT
I enjoy this series a lot, but it is starting to feel a bit samey. It's a good few years since I saw TPTGW (when the original cast were in it) but I saw PPGW the other day and so noticed a couple of the jokes that were reworked for this episode (most obviously the stunts that end with an unconscious Trevor with his bum out.) I'd like to see it get a second series but I'm not sure how much more mileage they can get out of it after that.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 25, 2020 23:40:36 GMT
samuelwhiskers I completely agree, in fact I think I've said something similar at least twice on this thread already. After yesterday's episode I particularly want to know what's going on between Max & Sandra. Why wouldn't she let him kiss her at the end when the last we heard they were engaged? I hope they haven't split up. I've been emotionally invested in their relationship since 2014, dammit!
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 26, 2020 0:17:37 GMT
Yes!! And surely character development is key to an ongoing series? It’s strange to me that TPTGW and especially PPGW had so much character development and character-led plot development (when both those plays would have been strong as pure farces without those elements), but for for ongoing TV series where such development is essential, they decided to strip it out.
The only way a second series could work is if they make it a comedy about the ongoing adventures of the members of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 26, 2020 15:42:11 GMT
The only way a second series could work is if they make it a comedy about the ongoing adventures of the members of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society. Several years ago, when the writers first started saying in interviews that they'd like to do TV Goes Wrong, I envisaged a series where the Cornley characters are trying to go about their every day lives but everything Goes Wrong. For instance, at an airport trying to get a flight, at a supermarket trying to do the weekly shop, at a theatre but in the audience, etc. Obviously that's not the direction they've gone it but I still think it could be rather fun & then we'd get to see the Cornley charaters as themselves.
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Post by ptwest on Jan 26, 2020 16:26:12 GMT
I've just caught up on Friday's episode. The croquet mallet near the start and the cat / piano joke were definite laugh out loud moments, but found myself chuckling throughout. As others have said, it really helps knowing the actors and the characters they are trying to portray, as well as understanding the whole premise of continuing with the script no matter what happens. But after that fairly poor Christmas episode, I have been very pleasantly surprised by the rest of the series.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 31, 2020 18:27:43 GMT
Mischief have just tweeted this. It does rather sum up the series: each Cornley character has been pretty much reduced to one trait. I'm rather surprised that they would want to draw attention to it like this though.
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Post by talkingheads on Jan 31, 2020 21:18:01 GMT
The angled setpieces were wonderful but the bits in between were pretty much just filler (the beer gag particularly went on far, far too long)
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Post by freckles on Jan 31, 2020 21:35:02 GMT
Clever though they were, I’m not sure the angled scenes worked as well as they could have. On stage you can clearly see where the actors are and where they should be; with “repositioning the cameras”, it was rather confusing viewing, I found.
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Post by alece10 on Jan 31, 2020 21:40:14 GMT
I agree. This is much better on stage as the audience can see how it works. Not the funniest but very clever.
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Post by pianowithsam on Jan 31, 2020 23:25:24 GMT
I’m with the others on this. It took a while for me to explain the setup to a younger member of the family in regards to the angled set pieces. I think it would have worked better had they have kept the original angle on show, as is done in Bank Robbery.
Did enjoy tonight’s but not the best. Dog moments did make me chuckle.
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Post by david on Jan 31, 2020 23:59:13 GMT
Just caught up with tonight’s final episode. I really wasn’t keen on the angled parts. Like others, I thought it was done better in Bank Robbery. The dog gag was the definite highlight for me.
Overall, the WW2 episode for me was the strongest episode of the series.
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Post by crabtree on Feb 1, 2020 0:05:11 GMT
Some inspired moments with a lot of padding.....but oh all the long hair, wonderful.
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Post by marob on Feb 1, 2020 0:48:49 GMT
Loved the lager beer, the dog and Nancy losing her fake breasts. I wonder if the dog falling over repeatedly was planned or just happened on set, it had a more spontaneous feel to it than the rest.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 1, 2020 11:51:51 GMT
I caught up with all of them yesterday. My faves were the courtroom one and the war one. I appreciated the technical aspect of the last episode but it wasn't my fave. I feel like the war episode was more like something you could see them putting on stage so that's why i liked it. The issue here is overkill. They have a set of tricks and you can take it so many times but there will be a point it just gets tired.
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 1, 2020 12:02:13 GMT
Overall, the WW2 episode for me was the strongest episode of the series. I agree with you. Should they ever turn any of the episodes into a 2-hour stage version (not that I'm expecting them to) then that's the one that I'd like to see expanded.
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Post by talkingheads on Feb 1, 2020 13:16:44 GMT
Overall, the WW2 episode for me was the strongest episode of the series. I agree with you. Should they ever turn any of the episodes into a 2-hour stage version (not that I'm expecting them to) then that's the one that I'd like to see expanded. I thought the courtroom was the strongest episode, followed very closely by the country house one last week (actually on a laugh per minute ratio that one is probably the best), but that said the courtroom had my favourite set pieces (Henry Lewis' head in that tiny office!) and the half sets.
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Post by duncan on Feb 14, 2020 12:54:17 GMT
Second season confirmed by the BBC
Also confirming the previously reported recommission of King Gary, Shane Allen, Controller of Comedy Commissioning, said today: "These two shows are jam packed with colourful characters and family friendly jokes which embody the BBC's unique commitment to cross generational comedy starring UK talent at the heart of them.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Feb 14, 2020 13:10:00 GMT
I guess that's why the third show in the Vaudeville season doesn't seem to be happening!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2020 13:27:44 GMT
Second season confirmed by the BBC Also confirming the previously reported recommission of King Gary, Shane Allen, Controller of Comedy Commissioning, said today: "These two shows are jam packed with colourful characters and family friendly jokes which embody the BBC's unique commitment to cross generational comedy starring UK talent at the heart of them. Oh I’m so pleased for Mischief - great news!
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Feb 14, 2020 14:08:09 GMT
Happy to hear this. I wasn't completely sold on the format, but I do love Mischief Theatre a lot and will continue to watch anything they put out.
On the third show, I assumed it was dead too, but I think they mentioned something in the Terri Paddock Q&A last month implying it was still in the works? I'd need to go back and re-watch to confirm.
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 14, 2020 18:38:45 GMT
I'm pleased for them, but for me I'd prefer another stage play.
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Post by Dr Tom on Nov 1, 2020 22:18:50 GMT
They are filming an episode of this in Hammersmith on Wednesday, if anyone wants to try and get tickets: www.applausestore.com/book-the-goes-wrong-show(this may well be common knowledge, but I've just come across the link by chance and can't see it posted here)
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Post by talkingheads on Nov 10, 2020 11:31:18 GMT
Mischief are appearing as part of Children in Need on Friday:
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Post by talkingheads on Nov 24, 2020 10:18:43 GMT
Nativity Goes Wrong to air in December. I wish the BBC would put Peter Pan Goes Wrong on iPlayer.
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 24, 2020 18:34:26 GMT
I'm very interested to see if this is going to be based on the Nativity Goes Wrong show they did at Reading Rep in 2013. I didn't see it but the script was published, so I'll be watching the TV show with the script in hand!
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Post by talkingheads on Nov 24, 2020 18:43:14 GMT
A few pictures from the special:
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Post by danielwhit on Nov 28, 2020 11:41:56 GMT
I think this must be based on Nativity Goes Wrong - couple of reasons: 1. Chris is at a piano, and the character played links between scenes in NGW 2. The writers have been quoted in the past that they may well revive it in some form in the future.
Most of the characters in Nativity were not the usual unit, so it'll be interesting to see how it's been adapted. I assume the whole "we've got a car as a generator" segment has gone as I can't see how that'll translate onto screen.
Well worth getting a copy of the script from Nativity Goes Wrong if you can - I've read it through a few times and had a really clear picture of how it "should" look in my mind. Some cracking moments, even on the page.
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Post by talkingheads on Dec 9, 2020 23:36:50 GMT
Fantastic news, it looks as though Peter Pan Goes Wrong is coming to iPlayer on Friday!
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Post by talkingheads on Dec 11, 2020 11:11:42 GMT
Peter Pan Goes Wrong and Christmas Carol Goes Wrong streaming from 14th December:
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