Comedy Showcase
| Christie | Ginger & SMS Kiss | No Skillz | Gardening Leave | Piccadilly Cowboy (aka Anxiously Engaged)
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Christie features a troupe of upcoming, talented actors including:
- Alec Christie comedy Actor from The Office, Last Chancers, Meet Rick Gervais [profile]
- Sartaj Garewal who plays Kuljit Singh in the radio drama Silver Street on BBC Asian Network
- Steel Wallis stand-up comedian
- Ria Lina stand up comedian
- Rufus (Gerrard) Wright from the Stephen Merchant Radio Show on BBC Radio 6 Music
- Guy Burnet (Burnett) who plays Craig Dean in teen soap opera Hollyoaks on Channel 4. [Video interview]
- Full cast and crew credits
Music composed by Edwin Sykes
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Co-produced with
Motion Picture House
In association with filmaka
* Legal Notice: Any similarity between Christie the comedy series and the low on waist, straight fit 'Christie Fit Pants' by Victoria's Secret is purely coincidental. |
Ginger and SMS Kiss
In 2007 Kayak produced Ginger and SMS Kiss, two romantic comedy short films based on the stand up comedy of Steel Wallis.
Ginger and SMS Kiss were directed by Alec Christie, written by Steel Wallis and feature Sasha Waddell from 2008 film Ealing Comedy.
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- SMS Kiss - Behind the scenes (3 mins)
- Watch Ginger (3 mins)
- Watch SMS Kiss (3 mins)
- Steel Wallis MySpace page
- Ealing Comedy Movie - featuring Sasha Waddell
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In association with Soulshaker Productions
In association with filmaka
In 2005 Kayak Productions produced a pilot episode of the yet to be produced comedy series No Skillz written by Alex Newman and Nicola Cotter (The Office).
The No Skillz football match clip is available on You Tube and has been viewed by 50,000 times and counting.
No Skillz stars Alec Christie (Last Chancers, Meet Ricky Gervais) and Stephen Merchant (The Office, Extras) the Emmy, British Comedy Award, and three-time BAFTA winner.
Storyline
Christie is one of life’s dreamers. Having lost his job, his clothes, his girlfriend and all of his dignity he decides to turn his life around.
With the help of his small band of rather odd friends he starts a five aside football team called No Skillz and enters them into the local Power League.
Christie’s attempt to win back his girlfriend Ruby backfires when No Skillz are humiliated on the pitch and Ruby takes a fancy to one of the opposing players.
But all is not lost for Christie as Nicola, the attractive Power League receptionist, is charmed by his naive enthusiasm.
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| Created by the No Skillz sports commentator, Stephen Merchant. |
| Buy UK (PAL) DVD £15.99 |
Gardening Leave
In 2007 Kayak produced a pilot episode of the comedy radio series Gardening Leave written by Dan Warren and Tom Fordyce.
Gardening Leave was co-produced with Soulshaker Productions.
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Listen to Gardening Leave (33 mins) |
Co-produced with Soulshaker Productions
Piccadilly Cowboy
Also known as: Anxiously Engaged (USA video title)
In 2004 Kayak Productions acted as the Production services company on the comedy feature film Piccadilly Cowboy.
Storyline
Piccadilly Cowboy is about a Montana Cowboy, named Carson Wells. Carson is unmarried and living abroad in London. A fish out of water, Carson works for a high power beef company, and is dating a beautiful, British girl named Lucy.
Everything seems to be going well for him in the Big Smoke. When he decides to settle for their relationship and ask Lucy's grandfather, Mr. Armstrong, for her hand in marriage, the reply is that he must first find a husband for her older sister, Gemma.
Whilst finding her a potential mate, his life changes forever as he discovers true love and resolves issues in his own personal life. (Source: imdb)
Trivia
In the film actress Gwyneth Powell, who is well known in the UK as school head teacher Mrs McClusky from children's TV program Grange Hill, struggles to give up smoking - something that it is hard to imagine McClusky doing.
It is the first movie featuring Mormons* to be made in England since 'Trapped By the Mormons' was made in 1922.
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*The main characters in the film are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, LDS Church.
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In association with Ford Films
