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Warren United - new animated comedy about football on ITV4



Wozza

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Jul 6, 2003
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Hmmmm....

Warren United kicks off 22 April at 10pm on ITV4
@WarrensBalls
www.warrenunited.net

ITV warms up for World Cup with new animated sitcom about family, football and the passion of being a fan Simon Nye, the writer of Men Behaving Badly, Baby Cow, the production company behind Uncle, Gavin and Stacey, The Mighty Boosh and Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, and leading Canadian animation house, Smiley Guy, have teamed up to bring you this feel-good family comedy just in time for the UEFA Champions League semi-finals on April 22nd and this summer’s World Cup.

Each week, Warren United will follow the fortunes of Warren Kingsley, an overweight kitchen salesman and fervent football fan, as he stumbles through life trying to juggle his two passions – football and family.

There’s only one Warren Kingsley, its loveable but hapless hero.

Warren, aged 37 and ½, is a fan for all seasons and a bloke of two halves: both a devoted husband and dad and a diehard fan of Brainsford United, a chronically struggling club, known to its long-suffering fans as 'The Meringues’.

Warren is voiced by BAFTA award-winning Darren Boyd (Spy, Alpha Papa). Nitin Ganatra (EastEnders) voices Dillip, Warren’s best friend, while Morgana Robinson (Vic and Bob’s House of Fools) voices Charlie, Warren’s sulky teenage daughter, and Morwenna Banks (Peppa Pig) voices Warren’s young son Harrison.

Eleanor Lawrence (Common Ground) is Warren’s Dutch wife Ingrid and Georgie Glen (Waterloo Road) his young-at-heart mum.

Johnny Vegas voices Fat Baz, the manager of Brainsford United, while Jonathan Kydd and Bertie Portal voice two well-spoken but foul-mouthed police horses, who dispense their views on match-day issues.

Warren United is the brainchild of executive producer, Bill Freedman, who has spent no less than eight years bringing it to the screen.

Himself a devoted football fan, he was for decades a key figure in West End theatre as a producer and theatre-owner.

Warren United marks his TV debut.

“It’s about the two most important f’s in life – family and football,” says Freedman.

“This show is also about the passion of being a fan."
 


smeariestbat

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May 5, 2012
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Hmmmm indeed...
 


















Superphil

Dismember
Jul 7, 2003
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In a pile of football shirts
jeez, that looks shocking :nono:
 


Notters

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Oct 20, 2003
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Guiseley
the words "football" and "comedy" never really inspire much confidence

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Worthingite

Sexy Pete... :D
Sep 16, 2011
4,959
Worthing
Just watched the trailer. Not for me, i'm afraid. Smacks of ITV trying too hard, and failing abysmally. Just like their football coverage, come to think of it. Watch out for the inevitable cameo by Adrian "punch me" Chiles.
 


Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
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Brighton
Words that shouldn't be allowed anywhere NEAR suffixing the word football:

"fashion"
"comedy"
"music"
 






Wozza

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Jul 6, 2003
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Probably won't get a second season. Let's hope the Man United comedy show does.
 



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