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Following in the tradition of Monty Python, the comedy of Big Train is based on the subversion of ordinary situations by the surreal or even macabre. For example, one scene features a bad-mannered man casually stabbed to death by his embarrassed wife at a dinner party. The series is probably most famous for a recurring sketch of the first series, a stare-out competition accompanied by commentary from BBC football commentator Barry Davies and Phil Cornwell .
Despite running for two series (1998 and 2002), Big Train attracted only a limited audience. Even so, the first series was voted "Best Broken Comedy Show" at the prestigious British Comedy Awards in 1999. Both series were released on DVD on 25 October 2004.
Its stars included Kevin Eldon, Mark HeapMark Heap is a British actor. He is best known for a variety of television comedy roles including the pompous Dr. Alan Statham in Green Wing struggling artist Brian Topp in Spaced and various roles in the sketch shows Big Train and Jam''. He was also in t, Simon PeggSimon John Pegg (born February 14, 1970) is a British stand-up comedian, writer and film and television actor. Pegg was born in Gloucester and studied drama at the University of Bristol. In 1993 he moved to London and gigged on the stand-up comedy circuit, Julia Davis , Rebecca FrontRebecca Front (born 28 June 1965) is a British comedienne and actress. She has starred in The Day Today and Knowing Me, Knowing You and has been on The News Quiz, Have I Got News For You, If I Ruled The World and Nighty Night Early Career Rebecca was invo, Tracy Ann Oberman , Catherine Tate and Amelia Bullmore , who have all starred in a variety of other comedy shows including I'm Alan PartridgeI'm Alan Partridge is a British sitcom. Two series were produced, the first in 1997 and the second in 2002. Six episodes were produced for each series. Steve Coogan stars as Alan Partridge. Both series were written by Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci and Pe, SpacedSpaced is a British television situation comedy written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, directed by Edgar Wright, and broadcast on Channel 4. It is notable for its almost constant dropping of pop-culture references. Two series of seven e, Smack The Pony and Brass EyeBrass Eye is a UK television series of satirical spoof documentaries which aired on Channel 4 in 1997 and was re-run in 2001. The series was created by satirist Chris Morris, and written by, amongst others, Morris, David Quantick, Peter Baynham, Arthur Ma. Catherine Tate went on to get her own show on the BBC, The Catherine Tate Show .
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