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Bad Sugar

British TV series or programme

Bad Sugar is a British comedy pilot, written by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, based on an idea by the show's stars Olivia Colman, Julia Davis and Sharon Horgan.[1]

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The programme centres on a wealthy, dysfunctional British mining dynasty, and is a parody of telenovela-style melodramas and soap operas such as Dallas.

It was shown on Channel 4 on 26 August 2012.[2] A full series was commissioned for broadcast in 2013[3][4] but cancelled before production with problems co-ordinating the main actors' schedules cited as the reason.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Channel 4 commissions Bad Sugar by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong". 11 December 2001. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  2. [2]
    Walton, James (26 August 2012). "Bad Sugar, Channel 4, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  3. [3]
    Tate, Gabriel (17 August 2012). "Interviews: Bad Sugar and Channel 4's Funny Fortnight". Time Out. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  4. [4]
    @sambaintv (26 August 2012). "Series coming next year RT @sophiemcotton: Bad Sugar: Is it a one-off or a series? #badsugar" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. [5]
    "Cutting out the Bad Sugar". Chortle. 22 July 2013.
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