Kombat Opera Presents

Kombat Opera Presents is a BBC2 comedy show. The comedy parodies British television programmes by transforming them into operas. The music for the series was written by Richard Thomas, with the series having its origins in the Kombat Opera segments of Simon Munnery's character The League Against Tedium, and his television show Attention Scum. The series won the Best Comedy prize at the 2008 Rose d'Or ceremony.[1]

Kombat Opera Presents
GenreComedy & Opera
Created byRichard Thomas
Written byRichard Thomas
Stewart Lee
Directed byDominic Brigstocke
Terry Jones
Peter Orton
Tim Kirkby
StarringJohn Thomson
Jon Culshaw
Kevin Eldon
Hugh Dennis
ComposerRichard Thomas
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producerJon Rolph
ProducerStephen Abrahams
Running time30 Minutes
Release
Original networkBBC
Original release25 February (2007-02-25) 
25 March 2007 (2007-03-25)
Chronology
Related showsJerry Springer The Opera
External links
Website

Parodied shows

The following TV shows have been parodied:

Episode 1: The Applicants

Episode 2: Spouse Change

  • Originally broadcast on 4 March 2007
  • A parody of Wife Swap

Episode 3: Question Time Out

Episode 4: Manorama

  • Originally broadcast on 18 March 2007
  • A parody of Panorama

Episode 5: The South Bragg Show

References

  1. "Rose d'Or Winners 2008" (PDF). Rose d'Or AG. 6 May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2008.


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