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13/12/2002

BBC2 commission pilot for 'The Simpsons' replacement

BBC2 have piloted a show in which a panel of judges give £5,000 to people with "weird and wacky" ideas, such as buying Celine Dion albums and arranging a public burial for them.
The show, which has the working title 'The Glee Club', is being lined up for the 6pm slot, which will be vacated by 'The Simpsons' when the hit US cartoon moves to Channel 4 in 2004.
A pilot has been in Chiswick town hall by TalkBack, the RTL-owned independent producer responsible for shows including 'I'm Alan Partridge', 'They Think it's All Over' and 'Would Like to Meet'.
People who fancy winning £5,000 to bring their plans to life must first convince the judges their idea is the most deserving.
Ideas pitched for the pilot included a proposed funeral for Celine Dion albums, a Las Vegas wedding, organising a Shakin' Stevens convention, removing an unwanted forehead tattoo and hiring the string section of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to back a solo trombonist.
TalkBack posted a message on the Chiswick community website saying The Glee Club involved "members of the public coming before an eminent panel of judges asking for money".
"To win, the supplicants must have an interesting and compelling idea of what they'd like to do with the £5,000 - from the sublime to the ridiculous. Something they would remember for the rest of their life."
(GB)
VMI.TV Ltd

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