Big Bad World (TV series) - Wikipedia
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| Big Bad World | |
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| Created by | Joe Tucker Lloyd Woolf |
| Written by | Joe Tucker Lloyd Woolf Rose Heiney Kevin Cecil Andy Riley Jon Purkis |
| Directed by | Sandy Johnson Tristram Shapeero |
| Starring | Blake Harrison Rebecca Humphries David Fynn Seann Walsh James Fleet Caroline Quentin Scarlett Alice Johnson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Ben Farrell Andrew Newman |
| Producer | Kate Daughton |
| Running time | 22 minutes approx |
| Production company | Objective Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Comedy Central |
| Release | 21 August – 9 October 2013 |
Big Bad World is a British television sitcom which first aired on Comedy Central in 2013. Created by Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf, it stars Blake Harrison as Ben, a directionless, young graduate who returns to his hometown of Great Yarmouth after leaving university.[1][2][3][4]
- Blake Harrison as Ben Turnbull
- Rebecca Humphries as Beth
- David Fynn as Oakley
- Seann Walsh as Eggman
- James Fleet as Neil Turnbull
- Caroline Quentin as Jan Turnbull
- Scarlett Alice Johnson as Lucy Deacon
- Alex Lanipekun as Steve
- Julia Deakin as Shirley
- Jay Brown as Dean
The show received a generally positive critical reaction with some mixed reviews. The Guardian praised the series as "a surprisingly engaging original series from Comedy Central UK"[5] and "a funny take on the challenges of adulthood".[6] The Metro said of episode 1, "So far, so promising. Harrison is adept at the whole man-child thing and he's surrounded by a convincing bunch of slacker, lives-going-nowhere mates, for whom a trip to Chelmsford is the height of excitement”[7] and later praised the show as "a clever and funny insight into graduate life".[8]
Criticising the show as being "marred by some unnecessarily post-Partridge moments", the Radio Times nevertheless said, "Big Bad World sparks into life when it stops trying too hard and forges its own path. Ben and Beth are easy to warm to, while Scarlett Johnson expertly cuts a diabolically fluffy figure as femme fatale Lucy."[9] DIY magazine praised the opening episode's "innate watchability", commenting that "Making us care for characters is no mean feat and creators Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf seem to have a plan to make us fall for Ben and his merry band of men and women. A few more episodes in to allow for everyone to settle in and it's fair to say that the future is promising for Big Bad World."[10]
- ^ "Big Bad World - Comedy Central Sitcom - British Comedy Guide". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ^ "Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison and Caroline Quentin in Big Bad World - first look". Radio Times. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ^ Hodgetts, Flo (30 August 2013). "Comedy Central's Big Bad World: A snapshot into the life of the unemployed and confused graduate | Metro News". Metro.co.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ^ Will Dean (22 August 2013). "Last night's viewing: Who Do You Think You Are?, BBC1 Big Bad World, Comedy Central - Reviews - TV & Radio". The Independent. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ^ Mark Jones (21 August 2013). "TV highlights 21/08/2013". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ Hannah J Davies (28 August 2013). "TV highlights 28/08/2013". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ Keith Watson (22 August 2013). "Big Bad World could turn out OK on Comedy Central". Metro. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ Flo Hodgetts (30 August 2013). "Comedy Central's Big Bad World: A snapshot into the life of the unemployed and confused graduate". Metro. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ Gary Rose (28 August 2013). "Big Bad World Series 1 Episode 1". Radio Times. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Review:Big Bad World". 21 August 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2014.