Saturday, 7 May 2022

Thursday, 29 July 2021

"....The Watch launches on BBC Two!"

Simon Allen, Craig Viveiros, Colleen Kelsall and Richard Stokes


THE WATCH LAUNCHES ON BBC TWO !

Episodes 1 and 2 will be broadcast on BBC Two at 9pm on Thursday August 12. 

Read new interviews at Sci Fi Bulletin with Jo Eaton Kent (Cheery) and Creator Simon Allen.  


 

Thursday, 8 July 2021

Wednesday, 30 June 2021

".....The Watch launches on BBC iPlayer!"

 


We had SO much fun making this show and exhausted global supplies of eyeliner, wigs, deeply inappropriate 80s needledrops, mirrorballs and queer magic. 

Check out The Watch on BBC iPlayer via the official BBC Two website

If you're interested you can also check out this interview with Writer Producer Simon Allen for the British Comedy Guide

".....SFX Magazine interview and feature about The Watch."



Ahead of its launch on BBC iPlayer tomorrow, here's some of SFX Magazine's coverage of the show from January 2021: 










Monday, 28 June 2021

".....6 Shows Featuring Trans and Non-Binary Characters to Watch Now."



Kat Palmer, an associate producer at Meredith Corporation, who is transgender, has named The Watch as one of 6 shows that represent trans and non-binary characters accurately and without stigma. 

"In The Watch there's a transgender dwarf who left the all-male dwarf mine to live as a woman in the city. There's even an episode where she returns to the mine and confronts their blind conformity and fear of anything different. I particularly like this character because they don't play up the 'man in a dress' angle for laughs. They treat her as a full and complex person with dignity.'

Read the full article at Hello Giggles