Fingerclap: N. Barley 2 Rumours

The TV blog over on the Guardian suggests that the producers of the satirical Nathan Barley show is about to do a second series. The show that ran in early 2005 bashed trendy London media types and earned cult status (Wikipedia has a good run down on the show). The Guardian’s blog says:

A second series of Nathan Barley, the Chris Morris/Charlie Brooker penned comedy, may well be in the offing. The call went out today (in an obscure online posting) asking “interesting looking males and skinny young girls for extras and non-serious roles” to attend auditions on Saturday and Sunday from 10pm to 6am.

… Channel 4 initially refused to countenance a second run for Nathan Barley. It was rumoured that the station’s head of entertainment Andrew Newman felt that Ivan Plapp, the commissioning editor lampooned in the 2005 show, hit a little too close to home. Poor ratings were blamed. It was a foolish decision. Though Barley had just a handful of fans first time round (the final episode scored under 700,000 viewers), repeats and – most importantly – episodes posted on YouTube have allowed the legend to grow. And rightly so. It’s one of the best British comedy shows of the last decade and history will judge it well.

Game of Cock, Muff, Bumhole, anyone?

Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog – TV & radio: Will Nathan Barley 2 be totally Mexico?