I’m not sure if the BBC really have their priorities right. With recent issues clouding their usual impartial judgement, particularly in the bowing to Government pressure in their news section, shutting down of many of their activities, high scheduling of repeats and many other odd judgements, now there looks to be an emerging trend to push to movies.
We had the averagely accepted The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse taken from the BBC2 comedy show, and now according to the trust worthy paper The Sun through Digital Spy we may be looking at a movie version of Little Britain starring the character of Vicky Pollard.
For those that don’t know, the show is a series of sketches of regular characters that blow up idiosyncrasies of some of the characters of modern day Britain. Vicky is a teenager cares little for those around her or even herself or the English language, with her favourite phrase being “yeah but no but”. Personally I find the show less funny and more a sad reflection on what Britain is becoming, however it does have a huge following.
“We all like the idea of a film and lots of people in the movie business are very interested. You have to have a good story and Vicky is one of the characters we feel could hold up a film.
“You could easily explore her story and introduce family and friends. We could always find the long-lost baby she swapped for a Westlife CD.”
That quote from Stuart Murphy, controller of BBC Three, shows that it’s more of an idea at the moment, but it could be going ahead. What do the fans and non-fans of the show out there think?
