The Sitcom Trials
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| Created by | Kev F Sutherland |
| Presented by | Kev F Sutherland |
| Starring | Wanda Opalinska, Dan March, Victoria Jeffrey, Louisa Gummer, Gerard Foster, Simon Wright, Neil Mullarkey, Richard Vranch, James Holmes + |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Location(s) | HTV Studios, Bath Road, Bristol |
| Running time | 24-25 mins |
| Production company(s) | Carlton Productions |
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| Original network | ITV / HTV West |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 13 February – 11 April 2003 |
| Website | www |
The Sitcom Trials is a stage and TV show devised, produced, and presented by Kev F. Sutherland. Beginning in Bristol in 1999, it showcases new sitcoms and comedy items in a head-to-head format. The audience then vote for the one they like best and only see the ending of the winner.
The Sitcom Trials has taken place in London, at many venues including The Camden Head, Ophelia Dalston, the Leicester Square Theatre, The Comedy Pub (main venue 99-06), the Canal Cafe Theatre, Finborough Theatre, Soho Theatre, Ealing Studios, The Green Room Club, Hen and Chickens Theatre and elsewhere. Shows take place around the country in (in 2016 alone) Cardiff, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Hull and Edinburgh. The show began at The Comedy Box in Bristol in 1999. Producers have been Kev F Sutherland (99-present), Simon Wright & Declan Hill (07-09), James Parker (09-10), Vince Stadon (Bristol 2012–present) Lisa Parker, Michelle Ashton and Sean Mason (Manchester 09-present), Aaron Twitchen (Birmingham) and Colin McQuaid (Glasgow).
In 2008 the Sitcom Trials won the Fringe Report Award for Best Encourager of New Talent.
The Sitcom Trials appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2001, 2002, & 2004, and returned in 2013 and 2016 as part of the So You Think You're Funny competition. The first TV series was a Carlton production for ITV/HTV, broadcast live from Bristol over eight weeks in 2003. The first Hollywood Sitcom Trials took place in 2005.
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