I, Lovett is a BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 television sitcom written by Norman Lovett

Norman Lovett

Norman Lovett is an English stand-up comedian and actor, best known for the role of Holly in Red Dwarf during the first, second, seventh and eighth series. His comedy has a quiet, dead-pan surrealism, and in 2000 he made a successful stand up tour, co-headlining with Chris Barrie, who played...

 and Ian Pattison

Ian Pattison

Ian Pattison is a Scottish writer who lives in Glasgow, most famous for writing the 10 series of the sitcom Rab C Nesbitt. He also wrote the 1995 to 1996 sitcom Atletico Partick; the six-episode series Breeze Block starring Tim Healy which aired on BBC Choice in 2002, and he created and co-wrote...

. Seven episodes were broadcast, a pilot

Television pilot

A "television pilot" is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possibly desired and successful and therefore a test episode of an...

 in 1989 and a six episode series in 1993.

Plot

The series stars Norman Lovett playing a version of himself who is an inventor living in a world of surrealism

Surrealism

Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....

 with his talking dog, voiced by Geoffrey Hughes

Geoffrey Hughes

Geoffrey Hughes, DL is an English actor.As well as a wide range of TV and film appearances, Hughes is best known for a series of supporting roles in popular UK television dramas...

; spider, voiced by Mary Riggans

Mary Riggans

Mary Riggans is a Scottish actress.-High Road:She is best known for her role as Effie Macinnes in the Scottish Television soap opera Take the High Road from the early 80s until the last episode in 2003.-Balamory:...

; and inanimate objects.

Production

In 1989 a one-off episode was made for the anthology series Comic Asides, the BBC commissioned a full series which was broadcast four years later in 1993. In total seven episodes were made each one was shown on BBC2

BBC Two

BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...

, directed by Ron Bain

Ron Bain

Ron Bain is a Scottish television actor, director, producer, comedian and former stage actor who now focuses primarily on directing. He is known for his work with comedian Rikki Fulton, with whom he first worked while performing Molliere's The Miser at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh in 1971,...

 and produced by Colin Gilbert

Colin Gilbert

Colin Gilbert is a Glasgow-born television producer and outgoing senior creative director of The Comedy Unit.-Career:Gilbert began his career in comedy writing jokes for the radio shows Weekending and The News Huddlines. He joined BBC Scotland as an Assistant Floor Manager in 1975 and continued...

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Pilot

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Series 1

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External links

• I, Lovett at Phill.co.uk Comedy Guide