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Boom Town (2013)

Boom Town poster
Genre
reality television, comedy television series
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A group of eccentric characters play exaggerated versions of themselves in a mix of reality-style scenes and sketch comedy. Each has their own catchphrases and larger than life personality.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulmockumentary-stylequirkycomedicfast-pacedabsurd

What happens

Boom Town is a structured-reality television and comedy sketch show series produced by independent company Knickerbockerglory for BBC. It first aired on BBC Three in August and September 2013. Directed by Hannah Springham and produced by Jonathan Stadlen, the series features a cast of eccentrics playing their own alter-egos, including their "own catchphrases, eccentricities and larger than life personalities". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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