If you are the creators of a much-loved ensemble sitcom that has come to the end of its run, what do you do? Well, if you're smart, you look for another setting where you can ply your signature trade and you do it all again. And that's exactly what the creators of brilliant hospital-set comedy Green Wing are doing - or at least trying to - with Campus.
The appeal of this should be obvious enough. By moving the action to a university campus, the talent behind the show is able to continue doing what it does best - creating a wide range of interesting characters in funny situations. Green Wing was never a show about doctoring, but about the doctors, students and support staff, and I would expect the same to hold true with Campus.
Part of the UK's Channel 4 Comedy Showcase, Campus has so far been commissioned only as a pilot project, with the pilot slated to air later this week - November 6th - and the future of the show determined by the public response. So watch it. Because I love these guys and want more from them. As incentive, check out the two clips embedded below.
The appeal of this should be obvious enough. By moving the action to a university campus, the talent behind the show is able to continue doing what it does best - creating a wide range of interesting characters in funny situations. Green Wing was never a show about doctoring, but about the doctors, students and support staff, and I would expect the same to hold true with Campus.
It's the beginning of the new academic year and Jonty de Wolfe, Vice Chancellor of Kirke University, played by Andy Nyman, tries to talk a suicidal student into ending it all.
Meanwhile, underachieving English professor Matthew Beer, played by Joseph Millson, is forced to collaborate with introverted lecturer Imogen Moffat, played by Lisa Jackson, who has just written a popular maths bestseller. But first he has to deal with the fact that she is female, and therefore technically on his 'to do' list.
Part of the UK's Channel 4 Comedy Showcase, Campus has so far been commissioned only as a pilot project, with the pilot slated to air later this week - November 6th - and the future of the show determined by the public response. So watch it. Because I love these guys and want more from them. As incentive, check out the two clips embedded below.
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