Bellamy's People
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Bellamy's People title card
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| Also known as | 'Bellamy's People of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' |
| Genre | Situation comedy |
| Directed by |
Charlie Higson Paul Whitehouse |
| Starring |
Rhys Thomas Charlie Higson Paul Whitehouse Simon Day Felix Dexter Amelia Bullmore Lucy Montgomery Adil Ray Rosie Cavaliero Robert Popper |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Producer(s) |
Charlie Higson Paul Whitehouse Ali Bryer Carron |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
BBC Down the Line Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Original release | 21 January – 11 March 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Bellamy's People, also known as Bellamy's People of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is a British comedy show first broadcast on BBC Two as an eight episode series. The show is a spin-off from the BBC Radio 4 show Down the Line. The show stars Rhys Thomas as the eponymous Gary Bellamy and features Charlie Higson, Paul Whitehouse, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Amelia Bullmore, Lucy Montgomery, Adil Ray and Robert Popper as a host of characters.
Down the Line is a spoof radio chat show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 2006 and 2013 which satirises populist radio phone in shows. Following its success, writers Higson and Whitehouse looked to transfer the format to television; however, it was apparent that the phone-in format would not work, so they decided instead to satirise the celebrity travelogue such as David Dimbleby's How We Built Britain and Alan Titchmarsh's British Isles – A Natural History. In the television programme, radio talk show host Gary Bellamy travels around Britain in his Triumph Stag 'personality vehicle' meeting the people of Britain and trying to find out what makes them tick. The show's working title was Bellamy's Kingdom.
The show was Higson and Whitehouse's first television appearance together since Swiss Toni in 2004. Whitehouse's characters included 23-stone Graham Downes who rarely left his bed.
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