- Gina's Laughing Gear
Gina's Laughing Gear is a special programming slot which is presented by
Gina Yashere . It was shown every Friday onBBC 1 and repeated on Saturday onCBBC Channel . The purpose is to showcase newCBBC 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
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Harry Batt - Pilot episode. Based on one the characters fromDick and Dom in da bugalow.
*SPOOF! - Sketch show from the producers ofDead Ringers , it included an appearance fromSpitting Image puppeteerLouise 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 toBasil 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 andHolby City , with a special appearance fromDerek 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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