Gina's Laughing Gear

Gina's Laughing Gear

Gina's Laughing Gear is a special programming slot which is presented by Gina Yashere. It was shown every Friday on BBC 1 and repeated on Saturday on CBBC Channel. The purpose is to showcase new CBBC comedy at the time.

The running gag in the slot is that Gina "hacks" the CBBC transmission in her claim to try and be a CBBC presenter. She often makes desperate attempts to win over the audience, but none of which are very effective

Programs featured

*Harry Batt - Pilot episode. Based on one the characters from Dick and Dom in da bugalow.
*SPOOF! - Sketch show from the producers of Dead Ringers, it included an appearance from Spitting Image puppeteer Louise Gold as The Queen.
*Driving Me Mad - Sketch show in which 3 children's imaginations are portrayed though a series of sketches.
*Lil Sisters - Comedy drama about 3 sisters who try to get on with their widowed dad.
*Astronuts - Comedy slapstick running in similar veins to Basil Brush about a family in 5050, who, after their father's stupidity in moving planet, find themselves lost in space.
*Trevor Island - Sea-faring comedy drama about a group of pirates, led by the charismatic Captain Trevor Mullet, who are left shipwrecked on a desert island.
*Dollby City - Show set in an imaginary Toy Hospital, based on Casualty and Holby City, with a special appearance from Derek Thompson, from Casualty.
*Who's in the Shed?- Two young children host an internet chat show with one of the children's cousins bringing celebrities on "detours" from the BBC.
*Stairlift to heaven- An animated comedy, where a 10-year-old boy called George gets sent to an old folks home after a terrible mix-up about his age.
*Life in the Underpass- Kevin wants to be the next David Attenborough, but will his attempts get him anywhere?


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