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The Brighton Belles
StarringSheila Hancock
Wendy Craig
Sheila Gish
Jean Boht
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes11
Production
Running time30mins (inc. adverts)
Production companyCarlton Television[1]
Original release
NetworkITV
Release9 March 1993 –
28 December 1994[1]

Brighton Belles was a short-lived British sitcom,[2] based on the hit U.S. NBC sitcom The Golden Girls. The programme consisted of 11 episodes, which were broadcast from 1993 until 1994.[3]

Cast

Reception

The series was a commercial and critical failure. It is included in Jeff Evans's list of the twenty worst TV series of all time.[citation needed] The BBC comedy guide said about the series' failure: "Why did it fail? Several explanations apply, but the simplest has to be that The Golden Girls itself was already familiar to most British TV watchers [...], and people felt no reason to tune into a UK adaptation delivering the same lines. When an original piece is already nigh-on perfect, and has sated its public, why try to sell a replica? Most transatlantic sitcom adaptations air without the original series having been seen in that territory. To pitch to viewers a carbon copy of an already successful series seems pointless - in hindsight, at least."[2]

The show performed so poorly in the ratings that it was pulled from the ITV schedule halfway through its run.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "BBC - Comedy Guide - Brighton Belles". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 31 December 2004. Retrieved 7 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b "Brighton Belles". British comedy Guide. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Will a Stupid Stupid Man travel better? - TV & Radio - Entertainment". Theage.com.au. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  4. ^ McCann, Paul (4 February 1999). "ITV pins sitcom hope on US guru - News". The Independent. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  5. ^ James Rampton (9 March 1993). "TELEVISION / BRIEFING: Liverpudlian turmoil - Arts & Entertainment". The Independent. Retrieved 22 November 2012.

See also

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