Count Arthur Strong (TV series)
| Count Arthur Strong | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | |
| Based on |
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! by Steve Delaney |
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| Directed by | Graham Linehan |
| Starring |
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| Composer(s) | Jon Boden |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Executive producer(s) |
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| Producer(s) | Richard Boden |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Distributor | FremantleMedia |
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| Original network |
BBC Two (2013) BBC One (2015–present) |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 8 July 2013 – present |
| Website | |
Count Arthur Strong is a BBC sitcom written by Steve Delaney and Graham Linehan. Delaney portrays the title character in the series, a reboot of the character from the radio programme Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! The series focuses on the meeting between Count Arthur Strong, an eccentric, semi-retired music hall performer, and Michael Baker, the bookish son of his former comedy partner.
A third series was due for broadcast in 2016.
In 2009, it was reported that Delaney would be working on making a television version of Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! for Talkback Thames and BBC Two, and further that Graham Linehan and Jeremy Dyson were working on a project for TV called Count Arthur Strong's Entertainment Game. The quiz show format was subsequently dropped in favour of a sitcom.
The first episode of Count Arthur Strong was recorded on 10 January 2013 at Pinewood Studios. Written by Steve Delaney and Graham Linehan, it co-starred Rory Kinnear as the son of the recently deceased Max Baker, Count Arthur's erstwhile comedy partner. Michael Baker (Kinnear) sets out to track down Count Arthur after the death of his father in order to write a biography.
The television project heralds a new chapter in the life of Count Arthur Strong as compared to the character in the radio series. None of the characters from the radio programme are featured (Geoffrey, Wilf Taylor, Sally Marsden etc) and the series is set in London rather than Doncaster. The cafe is run by a stroppy Turkish character called Bulent (Chris Ryman) and his sister; Arthur's "biggest fan" is Katya, an elderly Polish lady (Ruth Posner).
The series was recorded in front of a live audience from January to February 2013 at Pinewood Studios.
The first episode of six began broadcast on BBC2 on 8 July 2013, with one episode each week airing thereafter. The first episode was watched by 971,000 viewers, less than half of BBC2's slot average over the previous three months. Episodes 4, 5 and 6 were subsequently moved from Mondays, 8.30 pm, on BBC Two, to Tuesdays, 8 pm, on the same channel.
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