Attention Scum

infobox television
show_name = Attention Scum
format = Sketch comedy
runtime = 30 mins
creator = Simon Munnery
Stewart Lee

starring = Simon Munnery
Kevin Eldon
Johnny Vegas
Catherine Tate
Richard Thomas

country = flag|United Kingdom
network = BBC Two
first_aired = February, 2001
last_aired = March, 2001
num_episodes = 6
imdb_id = 0280231|

"Attention Scum!" was a 2001 television comedy series directed by Stewart Lee. It starred Simon Munnery as his League Against Tedium character and contained acerbic stand-up routines atop of a transit van and sketches including mainstays such as "24 Hour News", (performed by Johnny Vegas, operatic intermissions by Kombat Opera and a two characters engaged in a duel over their hats.

Broadcast

Originally shown in February on BBC 2 at 11:45pm on Sundays, the programme was not repeated on the BBC and only played on the now-defunct network UK Play. In 2001, it was nominated for a Golden Rose of Montreux although the BBC had already declined to fund a second series [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2001/mar/12/mondaymediasection.bbc Media Guardian: They're all scum - Stewart Lee] ] .

There has not been an official DVD release.

History

The origin of the series lies in a 1994 a cabaret act, Cluub Zarathustra, co-founded by Munnery and Lee, and performed at the Edinburgh Festival. Cluub Zarathustra was nominated for a Perrier Award in 1999. A never transmitted (or commissioned) TV pilot of Cluub Zarathustra for Channel 4 was filmed in 1996.

External links

*bbc.co.uk|id=comedy/guide/articles/a/attentionscum_66600200.shtml|title="Attention Scum" Comedy Guide
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/screen/story/0,6903,439500,00.html Guardian review and interview]
* [http://www.leagueagainsttedium.co.uk League Against Tedium] - semi-official site

References