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Genre
  
Surreal comedy, Sitcom

Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

Networks
  
BBC Three, Sky Atlantic

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Directed by
  
Matt Lipsey

Language
  
English

Program creators
  
Chris Bran, Justin Chubb

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Created by
  
Chris BranJustin Chubb

Written by
  
Chris BranJustin Chubb

Starring
  
Chris BranJustin ChubbAlice LoweJanine DuvitskiGeoff McGivernHarry HillJennifer Saunders

Cast
  
Alice Lowe, Geoffrey McGivern, Jennifer Saunders, Janine Duvitski, Harry Hill

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This is Jinsy is a British comedy series. The pilot was first broadcast on 1 March 2010 on BBC Three. The programme is about the bizarre residents of the fictional island of Jinsy and based on the island of Guernsey, where the two writers are from. The show was written by Chris Bran and Justin Chubb who also play the leading roles. Although the pilot episode was made for the BBC, the full series of eight episodes was picked up by Sky Atlantic. The first series began airing with a double bill on 19 September 2011 and ended on 31 October 2011. A second series was commissioned and was first broadcast at 22:00 on Wednesday 8 January 2014.

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Cast


  • Justin Chubb as Arbiter Maven
  • Chris Bran as Sporall Lertock
  • Alice Lowe as Soosan Noop
  • Janine Duvitski as Mrs Goadion
  • Geoff McGivern as Trince
  • David Tennant as Mr Slightlyman
  • Harry Hill as Joon Boolay (Series 1)
  • Greg Davies as Jennitta Bishard (Series 2)
  • Jennifer Saunders as The Voice of Miss Reason
  • Tim Downie as Jinsy Player
  • Dave Mounfield as Jinsy Player
  • Emma Kennedy as Jinsy Player

    • Production

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    The pilot of This is Jinsy was produced by the Welded Tandem Picture Company and filmed at Greenford Studios in July 2009. It was directed by Chris Bran and Justin Chubb; script editor was Emma Kennedy.

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    Production for the first series started at the end of January 2011 and it is directed by Matt Lipsey. Charlie Phillips, who worked with Lipsey on Psychoville is the editor.

    Reception

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    The Radio Times described the pilot as "infectiously funny as an overstuffed owl. A full series please." Time Out described it as "a lo-fi joy to behold" and the Daily Mail wrote "Has the wit to become a less malevolent League of Gentlemen".

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    Alice-Azania Jarvis, reviewing the first two episodes for The Independent, calls it "brilliantly done" and "genuinely surreal". Keith Watson writes in The Metro, Bran and Chubb "teetered on the brink of drowning in the ocean of whimsy", but that "This is Jinsy pulled off the trick of turning its multifarious influences into something that felt fresh and new."

    Awards

    The pilot of This is Jinsy was nominated in the Sitcom category for the Rose d'Or 2010.

    Series 1 of This is Jinsy was nominated in the Best Sketch Show category for the British Comedy Awards 2011.

    References

    This is Jinsy Wikipedia
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