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Post by eithne on Oct 30, 2007 19:40:03 GMT
Harry Hill has written a new soap called Soapington Way. The TV comedian will also appear in the show alongside Early Doors star Mark Benton and Linda Green actress Liza Tarbuck. Hill is well known for making jokes about Coronation Street, Emmerdale and EastEnders on his TV Burp show. The new series will be filmed in front of a studio audience.
From Digital Spy So basically it'll be a mock soap, along the lines of TV Burp!!! If its as good as that it'll be brilliant!  |
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Post by CG Wendy on Oct 30, 2007 19:54:17 GMT
Sounds brilliant. Does it say when its on?
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Oct 30, 2007 20:16:09 GMT
That could be good. I'll definitely tune in for that.
Patsy
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2007 7:02:05 GMT
...or maybe like Acorn Antiques? Could be great. Just found some more info:- (from thecustard.tv) Soapington Way (previously listed as Xtreem Soap) ITV1 – Spoof soap set in the fictional town of Waffingham, created by comedian Harry Hill, who stars as landlord Arthur Buttons. With Darren Day as a cheating husband, Jan Francis as Arthur's wife, John Thomson as the owner of a key-cutting booth, Paul Usher as a villain, Kate Robbins, Josie D'Arby, Karen Taylor and Carli Norris. Writers include Dan Maier, David Quantick, Brenda Gilhooly, Paul Hawksbee and Andrew Collins. (from chortle.co.uk) Harry Hill is working on a new spoof soap opera. The stand-up – who regularly mocks soaps on TV Burp – says the new comedy is likely to be called Soapington Way, and will be set around a village duck pond. ‘I’m not Harry Hill in it,’ he told the Daily Telegraph. ‘My character’s Arthur Buttons. ‘And you’ll only see the hair of the character who’s my nan because she’s too short to peer over the bar. ‘And there’s a mad sex-change character who’s my sister, who I fall in love with.’ Hill, who was giving an interview to promote his new children’s book The Further Adventures of the Queen Mum, said soap operas were ‘crying out’ for mockery. |
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Oct 31, 2007 9:57:27 GMT
But they're being mocked already.  Patsy |
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Post by CG Wendy on Nov 3, 2007 3:53:24 GMT
If this is as good as it sounds, then maybe Harry Hill will get a win at the NTA`s next year instead of the very unfunny Catherine Tate...or gawd help us the even unfunnier Ricky Gervaise
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Post by sootycat on Nov 3, 2007 12:57:46 GMT
Too right CorrieGirl.
I love Harry Hill..........he even make 'You've Been Framed' funny
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Nov 3, 2007 13:45:43 GMT
Ricky Gervais showed he was totally untalented at the Diana concert.
Patsy
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Post by CG Wendy on Nov 3, 2007 14:42:40 GMT
Last night my kitties were getting into a small scrap and I put my hands on the coffee table and shouted Fiiiiiiiiight. Hubby and the kids didn`t know what I was talking about until I showed them a clip of Harry Hill on YouTube. They are now fans of Harry Hill too
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Post by eithne on Nov 3, 2007 16:46:01 GMT
LOL!!! If you did that in public I'm sure you'd get some funny looks CG! |
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Post by CG Wendy on Nov 3, 2007 22:11:00 GMT
lol Pats. I scared the hell out of Percy when I shouted "Fiiiiiiiiiiight"
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Nov 4, 2007 1:57:52 GMT
LMAO! Poor Percy. Did you try and explain to him you'd just gone insane for a couple of seconds?
Patsy
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Post by pearly queen on Nov 4, 2007 11:27:16 GMT
Harry Hill has written a new soap called Soapington Way. The TV comedian will also appear in the show alongside Early Doors star Mark Benton and Linda Green actress Liza Tarbuck. Hill is well known for making jokes about Coronation Street, Emmerdale and EastEnders on his TV Burp show. The new series will be filmed in front of a studio audience.
From Digital Spy So basically it'll be a mock soap, along the lines of TV Burp!!! If its as good as that it'll be brilliant! I'd definitely watch this. |
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