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Also known as "GMD" Created by Peter Richardson First episode date 23 February 1995 Number of seasons 1 | 8/10 IMDb Directed by Peter Richardson Final episode date 6 April 1995 Number of episodes 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Mark CavenPeter Richardson Starring Gary BeadleMark CavenPhil CornwellDoon MackichanSara StockbridgeGeorge Yiasoumi Cast Similar Stella Street, The Comic Strip, KYTV, Fist of Fun, The Day Today |
The Glam Metal Detectives is a comedy show produced by the BBC in 1995. Shown on BBC2 on Thursday nights at 9pm, it combined both sketch and sitcom elements,
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As with other shows launched in this timeslot, The Glam Metal Detectives attempted to innovate and combine genres, resulting in an off-the-wall mix of the sublime and the surreal which broke new ground with its 'multimedia' approach. The show consists of a single series of seven episodes.
The scripts were written by the cast, and director Peter Richardson, and the series starred Gary Beadle, Phil Cornwell, Doon Mackichan (playing most of the female roles), Sara Stockbridge, George Yiasoumi, and Mark Caven.
The show was designed to appear as if the viewer was channel surfing through a multi-channel wasteland, happening upon spoof adverts, short sketches, and recurring show elements. Like other BBC content of the mid-1990s (such as KYTV), it often lampooned the low-budget quality of satellite television available in the UK at the time.
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Show segments included:
In other media
A CD single ("Everybody Up!"), soundtrack album and magazine was produced by Marvel UK to accompany the series.
The one-shot magazine special was published by Marvel UK to coincide with the launch of the show. It mirrored the channel hopping style of the show by featuring various magazine formats and comic book styles. The Special was co-written by Peter Richardson, Robert Popper, the cast of the show and the mag's editor, David Leach. It featured the artwork of - among others - Lew Stringer, David Leach and Art Wetherell. The Magazine also used the same artwork for its cover that was used for the show's opening titles and subsequent video release. The special was intended to test the waters for a regular title should the show have been a success, but it wasn't, so no more issues were made.
The first three episodes of the series were later released on VHS video.