Kombat Opera Presents is a BBC2 comedy show. The comedy parodies British television programmes by transforming them into operas. The music for the series was written by Richard Thomas, with the series having its origins in the Kombat Opera segments of Simon Munnery's character The League Against Tedium, and his television show Attention Scum. The series won the Best Comedy prize at the 2008 Rose d'Or ceremony.[1]
| Kombat Opera Presents | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy & Opera |
| Created by | Richard Thomas |
| Written by | Richard Thomas Stewart Lee |
| Directed by | Dominic Brigstocke Terry Jones Peter Orton Tim Kirkby |
| Starring | John Thomson Jon Culshaw Kevin Eldon Hugh Dennis |
| Composer | Richard Thomas |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Jon Rolph |
| Producer | Stephen Abrahams |
| Running time | 30 Minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | 25 February – 25 March 2007 |
| Related | |
| Jerry Springer The Opera | |
Parodied shows
editThe following TV shows have been parodied:
Episode 1: The Applicants
edit- Originally broadcast on 25 February 2007
- A parody of The Apprentice
Episode 2: Spouse Change
edit- Originally broadcast on 4 March 2007
- A parody of Wife Swap
Episode 3: Question Time Out
edit- Originally broadcast on 11 March 2007
- A parody of Question Time
Episode 4: Manorama
edit- Originally broadcast on 18 March 2007
- A parody of Panorama
Episode 5: The South Bragg Show
edit- Originally broadcast on 25 March 2007
- A parody of The South Bank Show
References
edit- ^ "Rose d'Or Winners 2008" (PDF). Rose d'Or AG. 6 May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
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