My
Family creator Fred Barron gets new BBC ONE series
BBC
Comedy pioneers team-writing
Fred
Barron, creator of the hit comedy My Family, is set to
pen a new eight-part sitcom for BBC ONE.
Everything
I Know About Men will be a team-written show which Fred Barron
will "showrun" with a team of both new and established
writers.
Everything
I Know About Men focuses on the life and times of Rebecca "Bex"
Atwell, a twenty-something secretary trapped in a world of "almost"
- almost in line for a good job, almost a size 8 (okay size 10)
and almost in a relationship.
Through
her relationships with the men in her life - her commitment phobic
boyfriend, intrusive father, narcissistic boss and a host of blind
dates - Bex tries to figure out some age-old questions like "
just what is it with men anyway?" and "how are intelligent
women supposed to deal with them?"
Everything
I Know About Men will be directed by Dewi Humphreys (My Family,
Absolutely Fabulous).
Executive
Producers are Sophie Clarke-Jervoise (Head, Comedy) and Kenton Allen
(Editor, Comedy).
Fred
Barron said: "With Everything I Know About Men I wanted to
write an adult comedy about how completely differently men and women
see the world... and each other.
"The
fact that we get along at all with out cudgelling each other to
death is one of life's minor miracles."
Joining
Fred on the writing team are -
•
Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, credits include Peep Show (Channel
4) and Smack the Pony (C4)
•
Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell, creators and writers of We Are
History for BBC TWO
•
Katie Douglas, winner of BBC Northern Exposure's Six Writers
for Liverpool Competition and winner of the Liverpool Echo's Best
Talent in Theatre Awards.
Sophie Clarke-Jervoise added: "Fred joined us at the beginning
of this year to develop more team-written shows in the true American
sense and this is his first series commission so it's a very exciting
one for us.
"The
scripts are very funny and it's fantastic to have so many talented
writers working together in one room with such a great mentor."
Everything I Know About Men is currently casting and is due on air
in 2004.
It
is commissioned by Lorraine Heggessey, Controller BBC ONE, and Jon
Plowman, Head of Comedy Entertainment.
Related
releases
Fred
Barron, My Family creator, joins the BBC (03.04.03)
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