A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
I bet nobody else in the cult TV blogosphere is blogging about this show by the wonderful Mischief Theatre behind The Play That Goes Wrong and who have Dame Diana Rigg starring with them. I have blogged about their Goes Wrong Show here before and series 2 of that show will be available on DVD shortly if it isn't already. The background to this Christmas Carol is this: Blacklisted by the BBC, the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society do not take their ban lying down and force themselves back on the BBC by hijacking a production of A Christmas Carol. With a little help from Sandra’s aunt, Dame Diana Rigg, the Cornley gang try to make the show work on television, but they soon realise they are completely out of their depth, with no idea how to direct a live studio or handle the special effects. Worse still, their internal rivalries are revealed on television, while an angry professional cast tries to get back into the studio. Source And you know what, ...