The King is Dead

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Each week, a well-known public figure - from the President of the United States to Father Christmas - hypothetically kicks the bucket. Three celebrities then compete to convince a comedy panel led by Simon Bird (''The Inbetweeners'') that they are the best candidate to take over the job, by means of answering questions and taking part in random challenges.
Each week, a well-known public figure - from the President of the United States to Father Christmas - hypothetically kicks the bucket. Three celebrities then compete to convince a comedy panel led by Simon Bird (''The Inbetweeners'') that they are the best candidate to take over the job, by means of answering questions and taking part in random challenges.
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[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tn8v0 BBC programme page]
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_Is_Dead_(TV_series) Wikipedia entry]
[http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/the_king_is_dead/ British Comedy Guide entry]
[http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/the_king_is_dead/ British Comedy Guide entry]
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<div class="image">[[File:Kingisdead panel.jpg|400px]]''Katy Wix, Simon Bird and Nick Mohammed''</div>
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<div class="image">[[File:Kingisdead jungle set.jpg|400px]]''[[Jungle Run]] would be jealous of you taking their set and minimising it.''</div>
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<div class="image">[[File:Kingisdead jungleskit.jpg|400px]]''Pre-titles skit setting up the premise for the "king of the jungle" episode.''</div>
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Current revision as of 06:31, 7 January 2024

Contents

Host

Simon Bird

Co-hosts

Panellists: Nick Mohammed and Katy Wix

Voiceover: Peter Dickson

Broadcast

TalkbackThames for BBC Three, 2 September to 14 October 2010 (7 episodes in 1 series)

Synopsis

Each week, a well-known public figure - from the President of the United States to Father Christmas - hypothetically kicks the bucket. Three celebrities then compete to convince a comedy panel led by Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners) that they are the best candidate to take over the job, by means of answering questions and taking part in random challenges.

Inventor

Simon Bird

Theme music

Paul Arnold and Andrew Barnabas

Web links

BBC programme page

Wikipedia entry

British Comedy Guide entry

Pictures

Katy Wix, Simon Bird and Nick Mohammed
Jungle Run would be jealous of you taking their set and minimising it.
Pre-titles skit setting up the premise for the "king of the jungle" episode.

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