Can Channel 4 please also make these sitcoms, thankyou very much
I have been looking through Lee & Herring's other ideas for sitcoms, centred around the surnames of their cast. In the absence of Paxo agreeing to Jeremy Paxman's Pacman, or the River Cottage man throwing it away to do Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Huge Furry Wishing Stall, there are several less celebrity-led ideas which just might work.
Pie In The Sky
Ian Pie is the landlord of the Sky pub. In an attempt to attract custom each week he buys a different giant pie which goes wrong and ironically scares the public away. With hilarious consequences. He could be played by one of the nine Ian Pyes on LinkedIn, possibly the Harrogate-based Problem Analyst currently employed at the National Policing Improvement Agency.
Myy Cup Upstairs
Ian Myy lives in a flat. His upstairs neighbour borrows one of his cups and then doesn't return it. The series details Ian Myy's contrived and failed attempts to get back the cup that is rightfully his. He could be played by Ian Mye, whose Facebook profile suggests one of his family is called Deborah and is both a man and baby twins.
Babes In The Wood
Two babies live in a piece of wood. Simple but brilliant. They could be the children - 'babes', if you will - of New Zealand athletic coach Ian Babe, who can be reached on 09 437 1657.
Chalk And Cheese
Ian Chalk - a Yorkshire jazz trumpet teacher - and Ian Cheese - currently GM Turboprop at Flybe - are two men. They are very different. As different literally as chalk and cheese. Consequently they don't really get on but occasionally they do something which makes them realise they are more similar than they initially thought and then Ian Cheese falls in a stream to break the seriousness of the moment.
Bent Coppers
Ian and Iain Bent are brothers who are policemen. One is corrupt and the other is homosexual. They both suffer from curvature of the spine, and they're made of copper - they're robots in the future. In these roles, I see the Honorary Professor in the History of Music Theory at the University of Cambridge, and New Zealand proprietor of BakeShack who counts "bakery" as his key product line / speciality.
Fruit And Nut
Ian Fruit, a flamboyant elderly raconteur, shares a flat with Ian Nut, a dangerous schizophrenic who has escaped from Broadmoor Hospital. Ian Fruit can only eat nuts, Ian Nut can only eat fruit, but they are both allergic to fruit and nut chocolate. As Ian Nut is mad he always secretly puts fruit and nut chocolate in everything they eat. With fatal consequences.
The New York lawyer Steven Ian Fruit could play the nutty nut-lover. I believe Ian Nut should be played by Ian Nutt, whose Twitter profile describes self as a "pyrotechnic engineer, lapsed agnostic, ancient of mumu, masterchef, left winger, soundboy". He's certain to bring a hilarious slant to filming, with tweets like "test - not really into tigers"!
N.B. Knowing that a man called Ian Cheese exists has made me unaccountably happy.
Pie In The Sky
Ian Pie is the landlord of the Sky pub. In an attempt to attract custom each week he buys a different giant pie which goes wrong and ironically scares the public away. With hilarious consequences. He could be played by one of the nine Ian Pyes on LinkedIn, possibly the Harrogate-based Problem Analyst currently employed at the National Policing Improvement Agency.
Myy Cup Upstairs
Ian Myy lives in a flat. His upstairs neighbour borrows one of his cups and then doesn't return it. The series details Ian Myy's contrived and failed attempts to get back the cup that is rightfully his. He could be played by Ian Mye, whose Facebook profile suggests one of his family is called Deborah and is both a man and baby twins.
Babes In The Wood
Two babies live in a piece of wood. Simple but brilliant. They could be the children - 'babes', if you will - of New Zealand athletic coach Ian Babe, who can be reached on 09 437 1657.
Chalk And Cheese
Ian Chalk - a Yorkshire jazz trumpet teacher - and Ian Cheese - currently GM Turboprop at Flybe - are two men. They are very different. As different literally as chalk and cheese. Consequently they don't really get on but occasionally they do something which makes them realise they are more similar than they initially thought and then Ian Cheese falls in a stream to break the seriousness of the moment.
Bent Coppers
Ian and Iain Bent are brothers who are policemen. One is corrupt and the other is homosexual. They both suffer from curvature of the spine, and they're made of copper - they're robots in the future. In these roles, I see the Honorary Professor in the History of Music Theory at the University of Cambridge, and New Zealand proprietor of BakeShack who counts "bakery" as his key product line / speciality.
Fruit And Nut
Ian Fruit, a flamboyant elderly raconteur, shares a flat with Ian Nut, a dangerous schizophrenic who has escaped from Broadmoor Hospital. Ian Fruit can only eat nuts, Ian Nut can only eat fruit, but they are both allergic to fruit and nut chocolate. As Ian Nut is mad he always secretly puts fruit and nut chocolate in everything they eat. With fatal consequences.
The New York lawyer Steven Ian Fruit could play the nutty nut-lover. I believe Ian Nut should be played by Ian Nutt, whose Twitter profile describes self as a "pyrotechnic engineer, lapsed agnostic, ancient of mumu, masterchef, left winger, soundboy". He's certain to bring a hilarious slant to filming, with tweets like "test - not really into tigers"!
N.B. Knowing that a man called Ian Cheese exists has made me unaccountably happy.