Scallywagga is a British comedy

Comedy

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 sketch show, written by Stuart Kenworthy

Stuart Kenworthy

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, who has worked on Green Wing

Green Wing

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 and Smack the Pony

Smack the Pony

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. The executive producer

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 of series one was Kenton Allen

Kenton Allen

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, and the producer was Jon Montague. The pilot episode

Television pilot

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 aired on 21 March 2007 when the show was known as Spacehopper. Sally Lindsey confirmed on The Paul O'Grady Show

The Paul O'Grady Show

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that there would be a second series which was also filmed in and around Manchester, bringing on board a new Director (David Sant) and new Producer (Kristian Smith) and several cast changes. The first series was broadcast on TV in 2008 and the DVD was released in early 2010 along with series 1. Series 2 began broadcasting on Tuesday 23 February 2010.

Overview

Described as being, "A heady mix of the best fresh and familiar funny voices - straight out of the north

Northern England

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 - combined to play Scallywagga's host of wrongheaded new characters", the programme first aired on BBC Three

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 on 29 April 2008. Series One starred Curtis Cole, Steve Edge

Steve Edge

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, Neil Fitzmaurice

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, Luke Gell

Luke Gell

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, Stefan Gumbs, Jessica Hall

Jessica Hall (British actress)

-Career:She attended Fred Longworth Arts College, Wigan and Leigh College and The University of Aberystwyth before completing her training at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2005. In 2006, Hall played the role of Laura Hammond in the multi award winning, Jimmy McGovern drama, The...

, Joanna Higson

Joanna Higson

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, Lena Kaur, Sally Lindsay

Sally Lindsay

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, Carl Rice and Scott Taylor. It ran until 3 June 2008 and was filmed on location in Manchester

Manchester

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. There is no audience laughter 
Series Two returned in 2010, featuring more regular characters and some changes to the ensemble. Steve Edge and Sally Lindsay returned, along with Luke Gell, Stefan Gumbs and Carl Rice. The actresses, Beverly Rudd, Rachel Rae and Catherine Tyldesley joined the Scallywagga group, along with newcomer Christopher Brett.

Recurring characters

Characters in series 1 included:

• Adrian - the son of parents who resort to increasingly bizarre measures to disown him. Played by Luke Gell
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• Ange - Played by Lena Kaur.
• Asbo PIN - who has an uncanny knack of predicting people’s PIN numbers. Played by Carl Rice.
• Bazz - Played by Stefan Gumbs.
• Disco Donna - played by Jessica Hall.
• Greggs Girl - who is obsessed with pastry. Played by Joanna Higson.
• Jon - Played by Scott Taylor.
• Smeg - Played by Curtis Cole.

Series 2 saw the return and re-design of Adrian and ASBO Pin, and introduced a range of returning characters, including:

• "Mr Styles, The Rubbish Teacher" whose students always get the better of him. Played by Steve Edge
• "The Charity Workers" who are trained to annoy people in the street. Played by the group
• "The Lapdancers" who are anything but sexy in their strange routines. Played by Beverly Rudd, Rachel Rae and Catherine Tyldesley
• "Kirsty, The miserable poet" whose work is full of rage and bile. Played by Beverly Rudd
• "John, The Nude Policeman" who refuses to wear clothes. Played by Christopher Brett
• "Letitia, the Chatty Girl" who just won't shut up. Played by Rachel Rae
• "Sarah, the psycho stalker" who wants a man, at almost any cost. Played by Catherine Tyldesley
• "Paula Appleton, The Careers Advisor" who wants everybody to be a Careers Advisor. Played by Sally Lindsay

DVD releases

Series	|Discs	|DVD release date
	Region 2 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...
1	6	2	4 January 2010
All 6 episodes from the first series, plus the pilot episode, plus deleted scenes and out takes.
Series	|Discs	|DVD release date
	Region 2 DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...
2	6	1	12 April 2010
All episodes from the second series.