Baddiel And Skinner Unplanned … But With Australians

July 24, 2021

Baddiel And Skinner Unplanned … But With Australians

Because the title tells you everything you need to know, let’s at least follow the train of thought that led me to this discovery. I’ve had the theme tune from Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned stuck in my head, so I went and had a look at the show info, and was rather amazed to see it had run for 60 episodes over five series.

Equally, it was news to me that there was an Australian remake of the series, starring comedy duo Merrick and Rosso. It too had a good run, this time over three series and 38 episodes.

But it had a very different title sequence.

Australian, British, Comedy

Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned

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