The Glam Metal Detectives
| The Glam Metal Detectives | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | "GMD" |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Peter Richardson |
| Written by |
Mark Caven Peter Richardson |
| Directed by | Peter Richardson |
| Starring |
Gary Beadle Mark Caven Phil Cornwell Doon Mackichan George Yiasoumi |
| Opening theme | "Everybody Up" |
| Composer(s) |
Lol Creme Trevor Horn |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Michael White |
| Producer(s) | Nira Park |
| Running time | approx 30 mins. |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC 2 |
| Original release | 23 February – 6 April 1995 |
The Glam Metal Detectives is a comedy show produced by the BBC in 1995. Shown on BBC2 on Thursday nights at 9pm, it combined both sketch and sitcom elements,
As with other shows launched in this timeslot, The Glam Metal Detectives attempted to innovate and combine genres, resulting in an off-the-wall mix of the sublime and the surreal which broke new ground with its 'multimedia' approach. The show consists of a single series of seven episodes.
The scripts were written by the cast, and director Peter Richardson, and the series starred Gary Beadle, Phil Cornwell, Doon Mackichan (playing most of the female roles), , George Yiasoumi, and Mark Caven.
The show was designed to appear as if the viewer was channel surfing through a multi-channel wasteland, happening upon spoof adverts, short sketches, and recurring show elements. Like other BBC content of the mid-1990s (such as KYTV), it often lampooned the low-budget quality of satellite television available in the UK at the time.
Show segments included:
A CD single ("Everybody Up!"), soundtrack album and magazine was produced by Marvel UK to accompany the series.
The one-shot magazine special was published by Marvel UK to coincide with the launch of the show. It mirrored the channel hopping style of the show by featuring various magazine formats and comic book styles. The Special was co-written by Peter Richardson, Robert Popper, the cast of the show and the mag's editor, David Leach. It featured the artwork of - among others - Lew Stringer, David Leach and Art Wetherell. The Magazine also used the same artwork for its cover that was used for the show's opening titles and subsequent video release. The special was intended to test the waters for a regular title should the show have been a success, but it wasn't, so no more issues were made.
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