Attention Scum was a 2001 television comedy series created by Simon Munnery and Stewart Lee. It starred Munnery as his "League Against Tedium" character and contained acerbic stand-up routines atop a transit van and sketches including mainstays such as "24 Hour News" (performed by Johnny Vegas), operatic intermissions by Kombat Opera, and two characters engaged in a duel over their hats.
| Attention Scum | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Simon Munnery Stewart Lee |
| Directed by | Stewart Lee |
| Starring | Simon Munnery Kevin Eldon Richard Thomas Lore Lixenberg Johnny Vegas Catherine Tate Roger Mann Janet Munnery Bridget Nicholls |
| Composer | Richard Thomas |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Myfanwy Moore |
| Producer | Richard Webb |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 25 February – 1 April 2001 |
Broadcast
editOriginally shown on BBC 2 at 11:50pm on Sundays from February to April 2001, the programme was not repeated on the BBC and only played on the now-defunct channel UK Play. In March 2001, it was nominated for a Golden Rose of Montreux although the BBC had already declined to fund a second series.[1]
As of July 2017, there has not been an official DVD release.
History
editThe origin of the series lies in a 1994 cabaret act, Cluub Zarathustra, co-founded by Munnery and Lee, and performed at the Edinburgh Festival. Cluub Zarathustra was nominated for a Perrier Award in 1999. A never transmitted (or commissioned) TV pilot of Cluub Zarathustra for Channel 4 was filmed in 1996.
References
edit- ^ Stewart Lee (12 March 2001). "They're all scum". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
External links
edit- Attention Scum at BBC Online Comedy Guide
- Attention Scum at IMDb
- Guardian review and interview