"Tittybangbang" (2005) TV series 2005-2007

User Rating:

3.1/10   

Director:

Angela De Chastelai Smith

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

10 January 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Two times the titty, four times the bang! (series 2)

Plot:

Unpredictable comedy sketch show featuring a range of weird and wonderful grotesque characters.

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title

Cast

Tony Way

...

Geoff Duck and Chips / ... (21 episodes, 2005-2007)

Also Known As:

T**** Bang Bang (UK) (alternative spelling)
Titty Bang Bang (UK) (alternative spelling)
Titty Bang Bang 3 (UK) (third season title)
Tittybangbang 2 (UK) (second season title)

Runtime:

28 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15

Company:

Pett Productions

Trivia:

The show was one of the first programmes to benefit from being shown on line before it aired. No programme alone had drawn more people to the BBC Three ever before.

Goofs:

Continuity: Just before Maxine overdoses, the pot of pills is visible on the counter behind her, in the next shot she's holding them.

Quotes:

Lucy Montgomerry: [Her father is in hospital and wants Duck and Chips but he isn't allowed to have it] Oh, give him his Donald.
Di Botcher: But it could kill him!
Lucy Montgomerry: Death by a duck, bonanza!
Tony Way: At least i'd die happy.
Lucy Montgomerry: You're not gonna die, you're just getting you're ass sorted!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

I'm Not Shy

TBB is brilliantly funny... but not on a level that actually makes you laugh. It's a satire on the state of modern comedy...

TBB is brilliantly funny... but not on a level that actually makes you laugh. It's a satire on the state of modern comedy... it's full of empty catchphrases, paddling-pool characters, endless repetition, forced "dark" humour, and cloning of successful shows. It's not "like" Little Britain - it parodies it mercilessly! You have to watch for a while to really see what's going on: it's taken me a while to "get" it. But TBB is revolutionary! It turns the whole genre on its head by taking every current trend in comedy, and extrapolating them to their logical extremes. The result is a blistering attack on the stale state of TV comedy today. They're saying "Look what we can get away with!" (listen closely to the end of episode 1), and at the same time illustrating everything that is wrong. It's what Nathan Barley could have been, if the makers hadn't wussed out and decided to put jokes in it.

Hats off to the BBC for putting this on an entertainment channel! Considering how clever it really is, it ought to be on BBC4.

I wish there were more shows like Tittybangbang. I hate to think of BBC budgets being wasted on other so-called "comedians".

Incidentally, this was actually co-written by Bob Mortimer, under a false name (Robert Renwick). I don't really understand why. If I was Bob Mortimer, I'd be really proud of myself after this. Probably his finest work.