A new series based on the international theatre brand, The Play That Goes Wrong, is to start filming in Manchester next month.
That Goes Wrong Show is a 6 part series that will be written and star the original founding members of Mischief Theatre. It will be recorded in front of a live studio audience.
It will see The Cornley Drama Society undertaking a number of ambitious new projects including A Trial to Watch and World War II spy thriller ‘The Pilot’ (which is not the pilot).
“Ever since we first began to make things go wrong all the way back in 2012 it has been a dream of ours to bring a series based on this joyful brand of humour to the screen and so when the BBC commissioned The Goes Wrong Show it was a dream come true,” said Henry Lewis, co-writer and co-founder of Mischief Theatre.
“We’re so grateful for this incredible opportunity and we can’t wait to get started on making some truly terrible programmes. We are still very short on equipment – if you have a camcorder we can borrow (in any condition) please do fax us.”
The series has been commissioned by BBC’s Controller of Comedy Commissioning Shane Allen, and Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content.
It’s being made by Mischief Screen/Big Talk production in association with Lionsgate and YTD HK (which has acquired the Chinese rights).
The show will be produced by Jim Poyser (Timewasters, The Job Lot) and directed by Martin Dennis (Men Behaving Badly, Black Books).
“Everyone at Big Talk Towers have been huge fans of the brilliant comic inventiveness of Henry, Jonathan, Henry and Team Mischief for a very long time, so we are delighted to help them make an entire BBC television series go wrong. The scripts are truly terrible and we haven’t got a clue what we’re doing, so what’s the worst that can happen?” said Kenton Allen, CEO and Executive Producer.
