Post by djchelski on Sept 24, 2023 9:30:38 GMT
Hi,
First of all, I’m new to this sort of thing so hope this is in the right forum and in the right sort of format with the amount of details needed etc.
I remember when I was a teenager sometime around 2005 – 2006 this strange but hilarious animated TV show came on Channel 4 in the UK. The synopsis was basically when famous people died they all went to this town called “Deadsville” and the program documented them working through various problems in the most ridiculous of ways. I remember seeing Kurt Cobain having difficulty with writing a Christmas song and William Shakespeare trying to help Elvis lose weight, even hiring Hitler as a personal trainer in the process. I remember thinking “What did I just watch?” but wishing that I would see more episodes. This memory has stuck with me a long time but it is only recently that I have been trying to find the show and if there were any more episodes.
From some Googling I found the show did indeed exist and it wasn’t a false memory or dream. It was indeed called Deadsville and only the pilot ever aired which was on Channel 4 in the UK on the 30th September 2006 (though I have found another article which said the same date but a year prior in 2005). The show was produced by Absolutely Productions and written by Carl Gorham and Moray Hunter. Despite having the confirmation of the show’s existence, I have not been successful in finding any footage of the pilot. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in helping. I have found contact details of one of the writer’s agent for film and TV however, I have been hesitant to contact them in case the show is already out there and I just haven’t come across it yet. Seems someone else on reddit remembers the show also and contacted Channel 4 several years ago. Seems Channel 4 are digitising their tape library so it may reappear in time.
Anyway, thanks for enduring my ramblings and below is all the links I've found discussing the topic. Thanks and please let me know if you have any leads, advice on how to contact people involved with the show etc.
Rachel
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadsville
www.absolutely.biz/deadsville-absolutely-premieres-latest-animation-on-c4/
www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/carl-gorham/work/deadsville
www.carlgorham.com/animation/
www.broadcastforschools.co.uk/site/Deadsville
https://www.reddit.com/r/lostmedia/comments/d6zesz/deadsville_uk_tv_pilot/
First of all, I’m new to this sort of thing so hope this is in the right forum and in the right sort of format with the amount of details needed etc.
I remember when I was a teenager sometime around 2005 – 2006 this strange but hilarious animated TV show came on Channel 4 in the UK. The synopsis was basically when famous people died they all went to this town called “Deadsville” and the program documented them working through various problems in the most ridiculous of ways. I remember seeing Kurt Cobain having difficulty with writing a Christmas song and William Shakespeare trying to help Elvis lose weight, even hiring Hitler as a personal trainer in the process. I remember thinking “What did I just watch?” but wishing that I would see more episodes. This memory has stuck with me a long time but it is only recently that I have been trying to find the show and if there were any more episodes.
From some Googling I found the show did indeed exist and it wasn’t a false memory or dream. It was indeed called Deadsville and only the pilot ever aired which was on Channel 4 in the UK on the 30th September 2006 (though I have found another article which said the same date but a year prior in 2005). The show was produced by Absolutely Productions and written by Carl Gorham and Moray Hunter. Despite having the confirmation of the show’s existence, I have not been successful in finding any footage of the pilot. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in helping. I have found contact details of one of the writer’s agent for film and TV however, I have been hesitant to contact them in case the show is already out there and I just haven’t come across it yet. Seems someone else on reddit remembers the show also and contacted Channel 4 several years ago. Seems Channel 4 are digitising their tape library so it may reappear in time.
Anyway, thanks for enduring my ramblings and below is all the links I've found discussing the topic. Thanks and please let me know if you have any leads, advice on how to contact people involved with the show etc.
Rachel
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadsville
www.absolutely.biz/deadsville-absolutely-premieres-latest-animation-on-c4/
www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/carl-gorham/work/deadsville
www.carlgorham.com/animation/
www.broadcastforschools.co.uk/site/Deadsville
https://www.reddit.com/r/lostmedia/comments/d6zesz/deadsville_uk_tv_pilot/
