Your Bad Self
| Your Bad Self | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | John Butler Ben Kelly Eoin Williams |
| Directed by | John Butler |
| Starring | Domhnall Gleeson Michael McElhatton Justine Mitchell Peter McDonald Emily Fairman Andrew Bennett Tom Farrelly Karen Egan |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Rebecca O'Flanagan |
| Producer | Ben Kelly |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTÉ Two |
| Release | 26 December 2008 |
Your Bad Self is an Irish sketch comedy show which originally aired on RTÉ Two on 26 December 2008 at 21:40 before being developed into a series which aired in 2010.
History
Your Bad Self stars Domhnall Gleeson as well as Michael McElhatton, Justine Mitchell and Peter McDonald.[1] The show is produced by Ben Kelly for Treasure Entertainment (I Went Down and Mad About Dog) and was co-written by director John Butler, producer Ben Kelly, Eoin Williams, Justine Mitchell and Emily Fairman. It is directed by John Butler, the co-writer and director of George and Spacemen Three for the Irish Film Board.[2]
In June 2009, RTÉ commissioned a six-part series of Your Bad Self.[citation needed] The series will be filmed towards the end of 2009 and broadcast early in 2010.[citation needed] Amy Huberman and Andrew Bennett from Your Bad Self appeared on The Cafe on 8 January 2010.[3]
Reaction
Declan Lynch of the Irish Independent compared Your Bad Self to its similar BBC counterpart The Fast Show, judging it to be "highly-nuanced and deeply intelligent comedy".[4] His counterpart John Boland sat through it in "stony silence".[5] Paul Whittington said it was "fresh and original" with a "good and dark" tone.[6]
References
- ^ "Dancing On Ice at Christmas utv, 8pm". Irish Independent. 13 December 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
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{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "The Café's guests announced". RTÉ. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Sketch show plays it fast but not loose". Irish Independent. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "RTE comedy? You're having a laugh..." Irish Independent. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "King Kong". Irish Independent. 20 December 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
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