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Takeover TV

Takeover TV poster
Country
United Kingdom

How it feels

This series let new and unknown presenters and filmmakers create their own TV segments. It was a showcase for early work by people like Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish.

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What happens

Takeover TV is a Channel 4 public-access television series first broadcast in the UK in 1995, with a second series in 1996, and a third in 2002 broadcast on E4. It is known as the television show that first gave a break in television to Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish. It also featured early work from Edgar Wright, Graham Norton, Garth Jennings, and Alexander Armstrong, amongst others. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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