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'''Sorry, I've Got No Head''' is a BBC children's comedy sketch show.
{{Short description|CBBC children's sketch comedy TV show}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
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| theme_music_composer = The Newsmakers
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| company = [[So Television]]
| network = [[CBBC]]<br />[[BBC One]]<br />[[BBC Three]]
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'''''Sorry, I've Got No Head''''' is a [[CBBC]] [[children's television series|children's]] [[sketch comedy]] television series. The programme's cast originally consisted of [[William Andrews (comedian)|William Andrews]], [[David Armand]], [[James Bachman]], [[Marcus Brigstocke]], [[Anna Crilly]], [[Justin Edwards (actor)|Justin Edwards]], [[Mark Evans (comedian/writer)|Mark Evans]], [[Mel Giedroyc]], [[Marek Larwood]], and [[Nick Mohammed]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |date=2009-09-03 |title=CBBC order 3rd series of 'Got No Head' and a sitcom spin-off |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/news/152/cbbc_order_3rd_series_of_got_no_head_and_a_sitcom_spin_off/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref> The series was produced by [[So Television]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Carter |first=Meg |date=2010-03-15 |title=CBBC show Big Babies heralds TV comedy partnerships |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/mar/15/big-babies-cbbc-television-comedy |access-date=2024-11-03 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


Anne Gilchrist, former CBBC controller, has been credited by her successor for commissioning the series.<ref name=":0" /> ''Pixelface'', another programme by CBBC, is inspired by the show's "Backstage Access" sketches.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Pixelface - BBC1 Sitcom |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/pixelface/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref> ''Sorry, I've Got No Head'' was axed by the BBC in 2011 after its third series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seale |first=Jack |date=2011-11-23 |title=Sorry, I've Got No Head axed by BBC |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/sorry-ive-got-no-head-axed-by-bbc/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}}</ref>


== Sketches ==
== Reception ==
James Wignall of ''[[The Guardian]]'' referred to the show in 2008 as "[[Little Britain (TV series)|''Little Britain'']] for kids", also stating that it was "on par" with [[Big Train|''Big Train'']], reached the heights of [[Maid Marian and Her Merry Men|''Maid Marian and Her Merry Men'']], and "easily outstrip[ped] ''[[the Fast Show]]''." He reasoned that this was the show did not patronise its audience, and that its actors recognised a wider scope with which they could be "really very silly and surreal indeed".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wignall |first=James |date=2008-09-22 |title=Here's Little Britain for kids |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2008/sep/22/television |access-date=2024-11-03 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


In 2019, CBBC created a ranking of its own shows on social media, ranking ''Sorry, I've Got No Head'' as "God tier", an inclusion which [[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|''Cosmopolitan'']] said was "questionable".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baxter-Wright |first=Dusty |date=2019-08-22 |title=TV fans are fuming over CBBC's ranking of its own shows |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a28781601/cbbcs-ranks-own-shows/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-GB}}</ref>
'''The Vikings'''
A group of vikings that sit in a room and play with various items with which they are not familiar. These items vary from modern things such as balloons to simply foreign ones like a cuckoo clock. With every object, the Vikings (who are supposed to be fearsome) are scared and jump in fright.


==References==
'''North Barasay'''
{{Reflist}}
A documentary about a school on the small Scottish island of North Barasay. The documentary follows the schools one and only teacher and her one and stupid student, Ross, who continue with regular school activities such as a disco or sports day, completely oblivious to the fact they are generally impossible with only one student.


==External links==
'''Wizard'''
* {{BBC programme}}
An elderly wizard who tries to help in modern day scenarios using magic, however always fails miserably.
* {{British Comedy Guide|tv|sorry_ive_got_no_head}}


[[Category:2000s British satirical television series]]
'''Bill'''
[[Category:2010s British satirical television series]]
The character after which the program is named. Bill tries in every sketch to participate in a normal activity, such as playing football, however always fails to do so properly due to not having a head.
[[Category:BBC children's television shows]]

[[Category:BBC television comedy]]
'''Time Machine'''
[[Category:BBC television sketch shows]]
A man who is always bored when his friend is doing something he really wants to do. The man then gets out his time machine and his friend snatches it off him. The friend then states that he was going to go into the future and tell him a vital piece of information concerning whatever it was the friend was doing. The man then denies it and makes up a feeble reason for going into the future. The friend gives him back his time machine, he goes into the future and tells him exactly what he had just denied he was going to tell him.
[[Category:2000s British children's television series]]

[[Category:2010s British children's television series]]
'''Adventurer'''
[[Category:2008 British television series debuts]]
A man who does various adventurous things, such as parachute jumping or rafting, and uses many unnecessary items the 'bloke in the shop' said he needed. He then does whatever the thing is and comes out in a mess, stating "No, it's not for me, like".
[[Category:2011 British television series endings]]

[[Category:British English-language television shows]]
'''Posh Parents'''
[[Category:Television series by ITV Studios]]
A boy does well with something at school, and his parents reward him in some way. However, whatever it is they give him, they have not included something vital to it and he is not able to use his present.
[[Category:2000s British television sketch shows]]

[[Category:2010s British television sketch shows]]
'''The Bluebeard's'''
[[Category:Children's sketch comedy]]
A pirate boy who goes to a school in which everyone else is a sailor. He is then discriminated against in some way due to him being a pirate. His parents (Mr and Mrs Bluebeard) then find out and are outraged. The sketch always ends with the person who had been doing the discriminating walking the plank.

'''Old Ladies'''
Two old ladies who meet a man in the street. He is selling something and describes it to the ladies. They then express their liking of the thing, saying "lovely man", and the man is pleased. However, when it comes to the topic of the price, the olf ladies then say "Oh, well I suppose it's what things cost these days." One lady then turns to the other and says, "You know, I don't think you'll get much change out of a thousand pounds for that!" The man then says the object costs some small amount and the ladies seem outraged, saying "A thousand pounds?" They walk off, disgusted, saying "Nasty man," which contradicts them saying "lovely man" earlier.

'''Witchfinder General'''
A man dressed in Puritanical clothes is in a shop. If he gets impatient or doesn't get his way, he loudly accuses the offending person of being a witch, at which point a mob of pre-Restoration peasantry arrive and carry the accused off.

'''Imaginary Friend'''
A boy who thinks he has a imaganary friend but hasn't. when the person says ''I can see him'' the boy says that's because i've imaganed him so much. when the boy asks for two what ever they are having/buying the imaganary freind says ''I can't have that'' the the boy say's ''he can't have that''.the the person does all the things imganary and when the person gets deestracted the boy aand the imaganary friend start playing/doing it with what ever they were doing/playing.

'''Hopeless Choir Singers'''
a choir who are hopeless at singing.

Latest revision as of 00:03, 4 November 2024

Sorry, I've Got No Head
GenreSatire
Sketch comedy
Created byJeremy Salsby
Directed byIan Curtis
Theme music composerThe Newsmakers
Opening themeLa La
Ending themeLa La (reprise)
ComposerThe Newsmakers
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes39
Production
Executive producerGraham Stuart
ProducerTom Miller
Production companySo Television
Original release
NetworkCBBC
BBC One
BBC Three
Release17 June 2008 (2008-06-17) –
12 August 2011 (2011-08-12)

Sorry, I've Got No Head is a CBBC children's sketch comedy television series. The programme's cast originally consisted of William Andrews, David Armand, James Bachman, Marcus Brigstocke, Anna Crilly, Justin Edwards, Mark Evans, Mel Giedroyc, Marek Larwood, and Nick Mohammed.[1] The series was produced by So Television.[2]

Anne Gilchrist, former CBBC controller, has been credited by her successor for commissioning the series.[2] Pixelface, another programme by CBBC, is inspired by the show's "Backstage Access" sketches.[3] Sorry, I've Got No Head was axed by the BBC in 2011 after its third series.[4]

Reception

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James Wignall of The Guardian referred to the show in 2008 as "Little Britain for kids", also stating that it was "on par" with Big Train, reached the heights of Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, and "easily outstrip[ped] the Fast Show." He reasoned that this was the show did not patronise its audience, and that its actors recognised a wider scope with which they could be "really very silly and surreal indeed".[5]

In 2019, CBBC created a ranking of its own shows on social media, ranking Sorry, I've Got No Head as "God tier", an inclusion which Cosmopolitan said was "questionable".[6]

References

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  1. ^ Guide, British Comedy (3 September 2009). "CBBC order 3rd series of 'Got No Head' and a sitcom spin-off". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b Carter, Meg (15 March 2010). "CBBC show Big Babies heralds TV comedy partnerships". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Pixelface - BBC1 Sitcom". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  4. ^ Seale, Jack (23 November 2011). "Sorry, I've Got No Head axed by BBC". Radio Times. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  5. ^ Wignall, James (22 September 2008). "Here's Little Britain for kids". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  6. ^ Baxter-Wright, Dusty (22 August 2019). "TV fans are fuming over CBBC's ranking of its own shows". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
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