Just for Laughs (UK TV series)

Just For Laughs
The Just For Laughs logo
Genre	Comedy
Developed by	Wild Rover Productions
Directed by	Pascal Carrette Jett Loe
Starring	Keith Law Kirsteen O'Sullivan Sonia Butterworth[1]
Opening theme	Just For Laughs Theme
Ending theme	Just For Laughs Theme
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	Silent, Mime
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	50+
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mike Edgar Pierre Girard
Producer(s)	Philip Morrow
Location(s)	Belfast, Leeds
Camera setup	Multi - Camera
Running time	22 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC One
Picture format	16:9
Original release	31 May 2003 – 21 July 2007
Chronology
Related shows	Just For Laughs Gags
External links
[http://www.wild-rover.com/ Youtube channel Production website]

Just for Laughs is a British hidden camera comedy show which was broadcast on Saturday nights on BBC One. It was produced by Wild Rover Productions with Philip Morrow as producer.^[2] It started airing in 2003 and ran for five seasons, going off air in 2007. During its run, it was the only Saturday night entertainment show currently on BBC One to be produced by an independent television company based outside London.^[3]

Just for Laughs was filmed primarily in and around Belfast, Northern Ireland, Glasgow, Scotland and Leeds, England. The Belfast Botanic Gardens were a common filming location for doing some pranks.

Just for Laughs has a Canadian sister version called Just for Laughs: Gags, and the format of the two is identical. Some clips for Just for Laughs are taken directly from Just for Laughs Gags, and vice versa.

Repeat broadcasts

Since Just For Laughs ended on BBC One in 2007, the show was rarely repeated although Paramount Comedy 2 repeated the series at weekends for a short period in 2006, But it was not until 2009 when Channel 5's Sister Channel 5* (then called Fiver) bought the rights to repeat the episodes on weekday afternoons. Since the summer of 2010 the show has not been repeated on 5* and seemed highly unlikely to ever be repeated. However, from Monday 23 July 2012 the program was repeated on Comedy Central Extra for first time since 2006.^[4] The JustforlaughsTV YouTube channel has over 1 billion video views.

DVD releases

There have been several DVD releases of Just For Laughs which are below, each of these releases have been postponed

• Just For Laughs Volume 1^[5]
• Just For Laughs - The Best Of Series One^[6]

References

External links

• Just For Laughs at TV.com
• Just For Laughs at the Internet Movie Database
• Youtube channel