BBC Comedy Boss Pleased Breakout Hit ‘Small Prophets’ Failed To Land American Co-Producer: “They Would Have Insisted On Some Mad Name”
#News #BBC #BBCComedyFestival #Channel4 #ITV #MackenzieCrook #PearceQuigley #Sky #SmallProphets

https://deadline.com/2026/05/bbc-small-prophets-no-american-co-producer-pearce-quigley-1236902310/

Small Prophets is a whimsical delight, the antidote to the general horror in the news. I also get to hear one of my favourite words "Homunculi" multiples times.

If you've seen The Detectorists then you'll know what pace this is (it's also from Mackenzie Crook)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38504111/

#TV #Television #SmallProphets #MackenzieCrook #Homunculi #MagicalRealism #ComedyDrama

Mackenzie Crook addresses Small Prophets’ future after ‘incredible’ BBC comedy scores 7,700,000 views

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2026/03/18/mackenzie-crook-addresses-small-prophets-future-incredible-bbc-comedy-scores-7-700-000-views-27511383/

Television rec of the week
(or maybe of longer than the week, depending on long it takes me to find another show to recommend):

'Small Prophets' by Mackenzie Crook.

Currently available on BBC iPlayer.
Quiet, low-key sharply observed humans, not making other people's lives, or their own, easier.
Possibly magical realism? Not entirely sure which genre it sits in.

#Television #Rec #MackenzieCrook

#SmallProphets is the most joyful thing on TV since #Detectorists. Such warmth, humanity & acceptance as well as quirks & whimsy.

It's an antidote for a world that's gone completely BONKERS.

(UK viewers - binge the whole series on BBC iPlayer. We've already watched it thru 4 times.)

#MackenzieCrook (writer and director) is a bloody genius.

All six episodes of ‘otherworldly’ hidden gem BBC series now streaming

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2026/02/19/six-episodes-otherworldly-hidden-gem-bbc-series-now-streaming-26997060/