Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive is a BBC Three television show, which first aired in the UK in July 2006. It concerns the making of a comedy panel game show called Annually Retentive, themed around historical events, and hosted by Rob Brydon. The show is deliberately parodic, as Brydon plays a hyper-realised (and exaggeratedly nasty) version of himself, while the game show blatantly steals ideas from other, similar shows such as Have I Got News For You and Never Mind The Buzzcocks. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Rob Brydon (born Robert Brydon Jones, 3 May 1965, Swansea[1]) is a Welsh Actor, comedian and impressionist most famous for his role as Keith Barret in the BBC comedy Marion and Geoff and its spin-off The Keith Barret Show, as well as the host of panel quiz Rob... David James Gorman (born March 2, 1971 in Stafford, Staffordshire) is an author, documentary comedian and humorist. ... Jane Moore was born 17 May 1962. ... Phil Nichol is a Canadian comedian and actor. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 3. ... July 11 is the 192nd day of the year (193rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 3. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... A game show is a radio or television program, involving members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ... Rob Brydon (born Robert Brydon Jones, 3 May 1965, Swansea[1]) is a Welsh Actor, comedian and impressionist most famous for his role as Keith Barret in the BBC comedy Marion and Geoff and its spin-off The Keith Barret Show, as well as the host of panel quiz Rob... In contemporary usage, parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it. ... Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been running since 1990. ... NMTB directs here. ...

Its "show within a show" format is reminiscent of The Larry Sanders Show which explored the blurring of reality and fantasy except with the focus of a talk show as opposed to a panel game. The show cuts between fictionalized scenes that see Brydon and the producers making the panel game, and scenes from the game show itself. These latter segments were filmed in full, as if Annually Retentive were a real show, in front of live audiences at BBC Television Centre who, initially, were not made aware of its intentionally derivative and uninspired nature. A good portion of the game show segments were scripted; however, the panellists were allowed to 'play out' the game as if it were real, and occasionally improvise.^[1] The Larry Sanders Show is a satirical television sitcom that originally aired from 1992 to 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the USA. It starred stand-up comedian Garry Shandling as vain, neurotic talk show host Larry Sanders. ... BBC Television Centre (sometimes abbreviated TVC or TC) in London is home to much of the BBCs television output and, since 1998, almost all of the corporations national TV and radio news output by BBC News. ...

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Each episode was made available to UK viewers to watch on the BBC Three Website a week before it aired. A second series began airing on Monday 30 April 2007 at 10.30pm, the 'gameshow' portion was filmed on the 11 and 12 January 2007.

The first series has been released on DVD.

Dave Gorman has stated that a third series of the show is doubtful. [1]

Episodes guide

Series 1

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Series Two

• For episode six the usual gameshow format was changed to show Brydon appearing in a mock-episode of the BBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?" series.

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Regular cast

Hosted by

• Rob Brydon

With Rob Brydon (born Robert Brydon Jones, 3 May 1965, Swansea[1]) is a Welsh Actor, comedian and impressionist most famous for his role as Keith Barret in the BBC comedy Marion and Geoff and its spin-off The Keith Barret Show, as well as the host of panel quiz Rob...

• Ruth Bratt
• Dave Chapman
• Steve Furst
• Dave Gorman
• Russell Tovey
• Dominic Holland
• Sharon Horgan
• Alice Lowe
• Jane Moore
• Phil Nichol
• Kirsten O'Brien
• Dave Skinner
• Curtis Walker
• Ken Bruce (second series - voice only)

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Notes

1. ^ Dave Gorman's blog, entries for March 7 and 9

See also

• The Larry Sanders Show
• It's Garry Shandling's Show
• The Show