Homepage News Reviews - Acts - Shows - Screen - Radio - Books - Clubs Interviews Awards 2006 Edinburgh 2005 - Reviews - Blog - Previews Features Archive Awards 2005 Edinburgh 2004: - Previews - Shows - Diary Guestbook Forum © Emporium Of Mirth 2004 Editor: Lauren Murphy Reporters: Fiona Wilkie Natalie Joanne	Emporium of Mirth Cyderdelic In 2002, BBC 2 showed a promising pilot of a new show about really rubbish rights activists..... and I mean really rubbish. Cyderdelic charted the successes and failures (but mostly failures) of a merry band of protestors in the style of a documentary, and narrated by the god of all things, John Peel. All in all, the pilot was comedy gold, its docu-soap style lending itself to actual public disturbance and people were left frustrated when BBC2 didn't pick up this lovable tale of useless activists lead by the one man dictatorship “Su” played by Mark Wooton. However, Channel four bosses had obviously been watching and did something far more interesting... they singled out Mark Wooton and groomed him for stardom, giving him a series where all of the limelight fell to him. Fast forward to 2003, specifically the British Comedy Awards, which saw Channel Four’s gamble paying dividends and Wooton either being nominated for, or winning every category he was eligible for. The bosses at the BBC were clearly tuning in, and now see fit to commission the series they previously had clearly thought couldn't work and a nation cheered.... until it aired. The problem I faced when sitting down to review, what I had expected to be a comic masterpiece, is that there is only really one joke. This worked fine for the pilot but unfortunately, isn’t quite enough to stretch to a series. To sum up, if you never saw the pilot, you'll love this show, maybe only for one episode but you'll love it. However, if you loved the pilot - treasure your memories. I never thought I’d say this but the beeb were right the first time. Reviewed by Lauren RSS  Printable version	Visit our Siamese Twin Sister Site!