BBC Three New Pilots

[Bob The Skutter]

In a similar move to what they did a couple of years back, which gave us Being Human, BBC Three are producing 3 new pilots and giving one a full series at the end of it.

Dappers

Delivering a cheerful poke in the eye to all the "single mums/council-flats/failing Britain" headlines, welcome to the world of Dappers.



This one-off 30-minute Bristol-based comedy-drama is written by Catherine Johnson, best known for Mamma Mia, the hit musical that went on to be the highest grossing UK film of all time.



Faye and Ashley are young mothers and best mates – "dappers" in their native Bristolian – who live in housing-association flats in well-to-do Clifton. A pair of sparky chancers, they are devoted to their toddler daughters and fiercely loyal to each other. When not being ferociously competitive, they have high hopes of a better life and will stop at very little to achieve this – from Doggy Day Care to opening a pop-up restaurant.



"They're Del Boy and Rodders in a thong," says Faye's ex, a smooth hunk called Marco. Ashley's boyfriend is cheeky bad boy Ryan, half a step from a stretch. These dappers share laughs, banter and barneys with a chirpy resolve and "two fingers" to the snot-bags who've never dreamed.

Pulse

St Timothy's is one of the UK's top teaching hospitals, home to some of the country's most promising trainee doctors. But beneath its veneer of medical normality lies a secret network of dangerous experiments pushing back the boundaries of science with potentially horrifying consequences in this one-off 60-minute medical horror drama written by Paul Cornell.

Hannah Carter's mother was a consultant at the hospital, but died suddenly a year ago. Grief left Hannah (Claire Foy) teetering on the edge, but following a year off, she's back to resume her training. But Hannah remains fragile, so when she starts glimpsing peculiar events in the hospital and unsettling behaviour from her ex-boyfriend and star surgeon Nick (Stephen Campbell Moore), she's unsure what to believe.

Ignoring the pleas of those around her, Hannah puts her sanity on the line to uncover the truth about the hospital.

Stanley Park

Written by Leo Richardson and inspired by his stage play, Stanley Park is a sharply observed, character-based ensemble comedy drama pilot for BBC Three.

Set in a south London suburb, it tells the story of a group of young friends enduring the poignant, painful, hilarious and often confusing emotional upheavals during a life-changing period. All living on the same street, it’s hard to keep secrets, and it seems everyone has something they’re hiding, or hiding from.

Stanley Park looks at the desperation, aspirations and motivations of this group of young people and their families in a moving and humorous way.

Unlike the pilot season a few years ago, where most of them sounded like they had potential, I think Pulse is the only one that sounds worthwhile. I'll probably give the others a chance, but Stanley Park just sounds like they saw Skins and thought "we can do something like that" and Dappers just sounds pointless.

At least there's series 2 of Being Human.

 

[FluffyUnbound]

I read over the description for Dappers, and I have a vague idea that it's about single moms trying to improve themselves, but I have absolutely no idea what half of the sentences in the description mean.

British people are strange. I think it's time Americans took over control of English. We might even want to change the name - call it "American" or something. You Brits are clearly failing [sorry, "You lot are clearly failing..."] in your responsibility to be in charge of English and keep it comprehensible.

 

[HappyDayRiot]

Not inspiring is it? Pulse has a good cast and writer though, so I'll give that a chance... even though it sounds like an update of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Trailer for Pulse. Apparently they're going to debut these pilots online a week before transmission on BBC Three.

 

[Deckerd]

Sounds a bit like Coma.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Sounds a bit like Coma.

Coma? Don't think I've heard of it...

 

[Deckerd]

It was a very unsettling movie.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Hmm does sound like a similar premise.

 

[Lonemagpie]

Cornell's sounds the best of the three - but I bet Dappers will get the series just because it's "from the creator of Mamma Mia" even though it sounds like a really shit two-minute sketch.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

There's a bit more info on Pulse in this blog.

 

[Starkers]

Cornell's sounds the best of the three - but I bet Dappers will get the series just because it's "from the creator of Mamma Mia" even though it sounds like a really shit two-minute sketch.

Yeah I feel the same Pulse sounds interesting but Dappers will be seen as cutting edge and down with the kidz...

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Apparently Lenora Crichlow was cast in Dappers... Seems like the cast of Being Human are busy lately. I'll give them all a go, but I think from what I've seen and heard Pulse is the one I'd most like.

 

[Captain Shaw]

Sounds a bit like Coma.

Coma? Don't think I've heard of it...

The women who was supposed to play Janeway Geneviève Bujold was in it.
Its about

Spoiler: .

people who go in to hospital for a route OP but end up in a coma so people can bid on their organs

 

[HappyDayRiot]

Pulse has secured my interest.

Isn't Claire Foy in Going Postal this very weekend as Spike?

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Think Pulse deserves it's own thread? If so here or SF&F?

 

[captcalhoun]

Isn't Claire Foy in Going Postal this very weekend as Spike?

yup

 

[HappyDayRiot]

Think Pulse deserves it's own thread? If so here or SF&F?

No I think this one ought to suffice. Same for the other two shows if anyone actually watches them.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Think Pulse deserves it's own thread? If so here or SF&F?

No I think this one ought to suffice. Same for the other two shows if anyone actually watches them.

I did make one for Pulse in Sf&f, but no one has responded as of yet... there's a link in there to watch it right now if anyone is so inclined.

http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=122169

 

[cultcross]

I've only lived here 6 years I'll grant, but I haven't heard anyone use the word 'dappers' in my life. Especially not in Clifton Someone said to me once that in Clifton, sex are what potatoes come in.
Sounds like a fairly standard fish-out-of-water sitcom idea but I'll no doubt watch for the familiar location bonus