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Scallywagga (2008)

Scallywagga poster
Directed by
Tony Dow
Genre
comedy television series
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a British sketch show with short comedy scenes. It features different characters and situations, aiming for laughs through jokes and parodies.

wackysillyfast-pacedirreverentparodicplayfulsketch-comedy

What happens

Scallywagga is a British comedy sketch show, written by Stuart Kenworthy, who has worked on Green Wing and Smack the Pony. The executive producer of series one was Kenton Allen, and the producer was Jon Montague. The pilot episode aired on 21 March 2007 when the show was known as Spacehopper. Sally Lindsay confirmed on The Paul O'Grady Show that there would be a second series which was also filmed in and around Manchester, bringing on board a new director (David Sant) and new producer (Kristian Smith) and several cast changes. The first series was broadcast on TV in 2008 and the DVD was released in early 2010 along with series one. Series two began broadcasting on Tuesday 23 February 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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