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Bedsitcom
Bedsitcom is a British reality television hoax series that was broadcast on Channel 4 in December 2003. Pitched as "somewhere between a sitcom and a reality TV show", the show documented the lives of six young people living in a loft flat in London. Its hook was that its TV audience was aware that three of the participants—named Mel, Paul and Rufus—were actually actors being directed by a trio of "writers" in a garage on the ground floor.
"Bedsitcom" was commissioned by
promiscuous mothers and telephone psychics.
The show received largely negative feedback from television reviewers, who criticised the show's premise as a "deeply offensive" idea. It received a viewership peak of 1.2 million with its final episode, giving it an audience share of 8.9 per cent. "Bedsitcom" was not recommissioned for a second series and is currently not available either on DVD or on Channel 4's on demand service, 4oD.
Production.
Production Concept.
"Bedsitcom" was created by Peter James