Chickens - Revision history

Pankratz at 14:16, 11 May 2015

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	2013. Sky 1. Sitcom set during the First World War, written by and starring [[Simon Bird]], [[Jonny Sweet]] and [[Joe Thomas]]. Aired from 22 August to 26 September 2013 on Sky 1. The television pilot was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2011. The series comprises six 30-minute episodes.		2013. Big Talk for Sky 1. Sitcom set during the First World War, written by and starring [[Simon Bird]], [[Jonny Sweet]] and [[Joe Thomas]]. Aired from 22 August to 26 September 2013 on Sky 1. The television pilot was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2011, but the channel decided not to commission a full series. The series comprises six 30-minute episodes.


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	Despite the truth content of ''Chickens'', the writers did not primarily strive for historical accuracy. The title sequence - with its jazzy "There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" from 1946 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGs6TDeXo8E) and a design imitating the opening sequence of [[Dad's Army]] indicates that this will not be an accurate history lesson about World War I, but an anachronistic pastiche. This continues with the basic situation: until 1916 there was no conscription (and hence also no conscientious objectors). Moreover, as conscientious objector, George would probably have been sent to jail.		Despite the truth content of ''Chickens'', the writers did not primarily strive for historical accuracy. The title sequence - with its jazzy "There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" from 1946 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGs6TDeXo8E) and a design imitating the opening sequence of [[Dad's Army]] indicates that this will not be an accurate history lesson about World War I, but an anachronistic pastiche. This continues with the basic situation: until 1916 there was no conscription (and hence also no conscientious objectors). Moreover, as conscientious objector, George would probably have been sent to jail.

	According to Simon Bird, one of the writers and starring as Cecil, ''Chickens'' is intended as "a quasi-feminist sitcom"[4], celebrating the role of women during the First World War. The intended reaction of the audience is outlined by Joe Thomas, who stars as George: "They are three pathetic men in a village full of people that all hate them, […] hopefully, you end up empathising with them, because their social prospects are impossible, really. People throw things at them in the street"[4]		According to Simon Bird, one of the writers and starring as Cecil, ''Chickens'' is intended as "a quasi-feminist sitcom"[4], celebrating the role of women during the First World War. The intended reaction of the audience is outlined by Joe Thomas, who stars as George: "They are three pathetic men in a village full of people that all hate them, […] hopefully, you end up empathising with them, because their social prospects are impossible, really. People throw things at them in the street"[4]. Later on in the Guardian interview the three actor/writers point out that the plot is also highly autobiographical. Although none of them is old enough to have experienced the Great War.


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	''Chickens''. Dir. Ben Palmer. Perf. Simon Bird, Jonny Sweet, Joe Thomas. Big Talk Productions, 2013. DVD.		''Chickens''. Dir. Ben Palmer. Perf. Simon Bird, Jonny Sweet, Joe Thomas. Big Talk Productions, 2013. DVD.

	Lobb, Adrian. “Chickens: What the Inbetweeners Did Next.” ''The Guardian''. 22 ~~Aug~~ 2011. Web. 11 May 2015. <http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/aug/29/chickens-the-inbetweeners>.		Lobb, Adrian. “Chickens: What the Inbetweeners Did Next.” ''The Guardian''. 22 August 2011. Web. 11 May 2015. <http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/aug/29/chickens-the-inbetweeners>.

			Plunkett, John. "Sky1 hopes Chickens will hatch into a comedy hit." ''The Guardian'' 23 February 2012. <http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/feb/23/sky1-chickens-comedy>.

Pankratz at 14:04, 11 May 2015

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	~~''Chickens'' is the title of a British sitcom~~ set during the First World War, written by and starring Simon Bird, Jonny Sweet and Joe Thomas~~, which aired~~ from 22 August to 26 September 2013 on Sky 1. The television pilot was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2011. The series comprises six 30-minute episodes.		2013. Sky 1. Sitcom set during the First World War, written by and starring [[Simon Bird]], [[Jonny Sweet]] and [[Joe Thomas]]. Aired from 22 August to 26 September 2013 on Sky 1. The television pilot was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2011. The series comprises six 30-minute episodes.


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	The sitcom is about three young men living in the village of Rittle-on-Sea at the beginning of the war in 1914. With the rest of the male world fighting for King and Country, Cecil, George and Bert are left behind in a world full of women who take every possible opportunity to mock and humiliate the three cowards.		The sitcom is about three young men living in the village of Rittle-on-Sea at the beginning of the war in 1914. With the rest of the male world fighting for King and Country, Cecil, George and Bert are left behind in a world full of women who take every possible opportunity to mock and humiliate the three cowards.



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	== Intention ==		== Intention ==

	Despite the truth content of ''Chickens'', the writers did not primarily strive for historical accuracy.		Despite the truth content of ''Chickens'', the writers did not primarily strive for historical accuracy. The title sequence - with its jazzy "There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" from 1946 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGs6TDeXo8E) and a design imitating the opening sequence of [[Dad's Army]] indicates that this will not be an accurate history lesson about World War I, but an anachronistic pastiche. This continues with the basic situation: until 1916 there was no conscription (and hence also no conscientious objectors). Moreover, as conscientious objector, George would probably have been sent to jail.
	According to Simon Bird, one of the writers and starring as Cecil, ''Chickens'' is intended as "a quasi-feminist sitcom."[4], celebrating the role of women during the First World War. The intended reaction of the audience is outlined by Joe Thomas, who stars as George: "They are three pathetic men in a village full of people that all hate them, […] hopefully, you end up empathising with them, because their social prospects are impossible, really. People throw things at them in the street."[4]
			According to Simon Bird, one of the writers and starring as Cecil, ''Chickens'' is intended as "a quasi-feminist sitcom"[4], celebrating the role of women during the First World War. The intended reaction of the audience is outlined by Joe Thomas, who stars as George: "They are three pathetic men in a village full of people that all hate them, […] hopefully, you end up empathising with them, because their social prospects are impossible, really. People throw things at them in the street"[4]

M.Jay at 12:17, 11 May 2015

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	Although situations in the series are often exaggerated due to the intended comical effect, the general story of women mocking men for not going to war, however, is based on actual events. At a time when propaganda messages by authorities and the press were thriving, every man not wearing a uniform was considered “a shirker, a slacker and a coward.”[2] As part of the white feather campaign, women gave white feathers to any man lacking a uniform, symbolising their cowardice. This public measure of humiliating the non-combatant men quickly spread across the country. Occasionally, this practice had severe consequences. Men who received a white feather and consequently enlisted suffered from severe war trauma.		Although situations in the series are often exaggerated due to the intended comical effect, the general story of women mocking men for not going to war, however, is based on actual events. At a time when propaganda messages by authorities and the press were thriving, every man not wearing a uniform was considered “a shirker, a slacker and a coward.”[2] As part of the white feather campaign, women gave white feathers to any man lacking a uniform, symbolising their cowardice. This public measure of humiliating the non-combatant men quickly spread across the country. Occasionally, this practice had severe consequences. Men who received a white feather and consequently enlisted suffered from severe war trauma.

	The white feather is even directly featured in the series. At the end of the title sequence, scores of white ~~feather~~ are falling on Cecil, George and Bert. [3]		The white feather is even directly featured in the series. At the end of the title sequence, scores of white feathers are falling on Cecil, George and Bert. [3]

M.Jay at 12:03, 11 May 2015

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-. Sky1. Historical sitcom set during the First World War. The series revolves around three men who have stayed behind in the village of Rittle-on-Sea while millions of men are fighting at the front.
+''Chickens'' is the title of a British sitcom set during the First World War, written by and starring Simon Bird, Jonny Sweet and Joe Thomas, which aired from 22 August to 26 September 2013 on Sky 1. The television pilot was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2011. The series comprises six 30-minute episodes.
-'''Works Cited'''
+== Plot ==
-http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/aug/17/joe-thomas-simon-bird-chickens

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2013. Sky1. Historical sitcom set during the First World War. The series revolves around three men who have stayed behind in the village of Rittle-on-Sea while millions of men are fighting at the front.

'''Works Cited'''

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/aug/17/joe-thomas-simon-bird-chickens