Television Shows
Jesusboy and the Goatherd (E4 , August 2008)
Get Ready for the Third Cuming!
August 21st sees the arrival of Brown Eyed Boy’s new funny cut for E4 “Jesusboy and the Goatherd”.
Paramount School of Comedy (Paramount Comedy Channel , July 2008)
Produced and directed by Gary Reich and Emma Lawson. Paramount School of Comedy celebrates the anarchic early years of the Paramount Comedy Channel in the late 1990s, when many of the future stars of British comedy did their first ever television – unfettered, unabashed and slightly out of control. As one of the main comedy producers working there at the time, Gary has uncovered a lot of rare and previously unseen footage of Sacha Baron Cohen (doing ‘Bruno’); The Might Boosh; Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright; Leigh Francis; Matt Lucas and David Walliams; Armstrong and Miller and Dom Joly. It also includes some very revealing interviews with many of the stars of today.
Little Miss Jocelyn Series 2 (BBC 2 , January 2008)
Written by and starring Jocelyn Jee Esien, Little Miss Jocelyn returns for an Incredible second series. A 6 x 30 minute sketch show in which she plays around 40 different characters, including a fat, male Nigerian driving instructor. There will also be a number of big hidden camera event stunts.
How Not to Live Your Life Pilot (BBC Three , September 2007)
Written and directed by Dan Clark and Gary Reich. The broadcast pilot of How Not To Live Your Life, which follows the life of Don, a British thirty-something everyman. He’s the typical neurotic single British male as he tries and fails to navigate the very basics of life. And like most men entering their thirties his biggest enemy is his overactive mind which plays out countless scenes of things he shouldn’t do or say. And we get to see them all.
Splitting Cells (BBC Three , September 2007)
Produced and directed by Gary Reich. A dark Sci-Fi sitcom ‘Splitting Cells’, set in a prison in a truly twisted London of 2012. Starring eight of the most talented and unusual freaks from the comedy circuit. Including amongst others Ninia Benjamin (3 non Blondes), If.Comedy award nominee 2007 Andrew Lawrence, Nick Mohammed & Alyssa Kyria. This show pushes the boundaries of the obscure and the obscene!
Little Miss Jocelyn Best of Series One (BBC2 , August 2007)
The Best of Little Miss Jocelyn Series One will be broadcast each Wednesday from 1st August 2007.
Over four episodes, you'll see the best bits from the BAFTA nominated comedy!
Dan Clarks guide to Working (Paramount Comedy Channel , February 2007)
We have just completed a second set of 10 x 1 minute films for The Paramount Comedy Channel. Written and directed again by Gary Reich and Dan Clark and this time set in an office they have just begun transmission as interstitials on the Channel.
Little Miss Jocelyn (BBC 3 , August 2006)
Written by and starring Jocelyn Jee Esien, star of “3 non blondes” A 6 x 30 minute sketch show in which she plays around 40 different characters, including a fat, male Nigerian driving instructor. There will also be a number of big hidden camera event stunts.
Dan Clark's Guide To Dating (Paramount Comedy Channel , August 2006)
10 x 1 minute films written and directed by Dan Clark and Gary Reich for The Paramount Comedy Channel. Currently being transmitted as interstitials across all Paramount channels and available on their web site at http://www.paramountcomedy.com/shortcuts/series.aspx?seriesID=9
Animal/Mineral (Paramount Comedy Channel , March 2006)
10 x 1 minute films written by and starring Nick Mohammed for The Paramount Comedy Channel in which he plays Daniel Thornthwaite, a natural receiver who can communicate with animals and inanimate objects through touching them.
3 Non Blondes (BBC , June 2004)
A hidden camera sketch show starring 3 black female character comics that ran to two series and a Christmas special and really put us on the map. 19 episodes in 13 months; 3 of the most courageous actresses I've ever worked with and a crew who stood in shopping centres round the country, week in and week out for nearly a year. Nominated for a British Comedy Award, RTS award and an Emma award and sold to 22 countries. Watching it on Virgin Atlantic Upper Class, en route to pitch an American version to J-Lo's company in L.A. was about as weird and wonderful as La La Land could get.
5 Non Blondes (VH1 , June 2004)
A pilot shot for VH1 in the States. I spent 3 days auditioning 200 Black women, cast 5 then shot the entire thing on the streets of downtown L.A. The city's like a human Disneyland and I loved every single second of the 7 weeks I spent there. A series was not commissioned but I met some of the most talented performers and crew I've ever worked with.
Old Gits (Channel 5)
A transmittable hidden camera sketch show pilot for Channel 5 and a co-production with World Of Wonder. Produced and directed by Gary Reich and starring 2 wonderful mad old bastards. Delivered in September 2006.
Killing Time (BBC 3)
A sitcom pilot for BBC 3. Set in a women's prison and starring 12 brand new female comics, including Lucy Montgomery (now star of "Titty Titty Boom Boom ") and Shelley Cooper, Britain's only transgendered comic.
Toju (BBC 3)
A sketch show pilot for BBC 3. Written and performed by Toju, the most exciting black male stand-up in the country. He is also a great impersonator and played everyone from Cilla Black to Frank Spencer and J-Lo to Elton John.
The Man Who Drank The Universe
A one-off documentary presented by BBC1’s Alistair Appleton following him on a journey to Brazil where he takes Ayahuasca, the world’s most powerful plant hallucinogen
Me, My Elf And I
A one-off documentary, shot at the Mindstates conference in Berkeley, interviewing world experts on consciousness on what their view of God and Reality is.
Wil Hodgson
2004’s brilliant Perrier Newcomer winner. Set and shot in his hometown of Chippenham, the astonishing punk, Care Bear loving comic’s world is brought to life in astonishing detail.
Paddy Muck
Written and performed by Jason Byrne and set and shot in and around his native Dublin. An anarchcic physical comedy in which all of the locals AND the American tourists speak so broadly they can never be understood. Mister Bean meets Father Ted.
Meet the Bandais
Produced and directed by Gary Reich. Meet the Bandais is a comedy show following the exploits of a fictional African family called the Bandais as they leave their small village for the first time to live with a couple of unsuspecting and real British families. The hosts have never left the UK, let alone hung out at home with a black family. What the host families don’t know is that the Bandais are actually a group of actors playing the role of a tribal family who’ve never seen electric appliances, cars or pet hamsters. It all sets the scene for the ultimate comedy clash of cultures.