Overheard review – the sketch show reinvented with tiny, joyful snippets of comic tapas
by Julia Raeside from Technology | The Guardian on (#3A2YP)
In these gloriously skewed shorts, comedians Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen film unsuspecting people, imagine their conversations and add hilarious voiceovers
What is it? A sketch comedy micro-series using secretly filmed footage of the public.
Why you'll love it: These tiny, joyful, stupid snippets of comic tapas are made by comedians Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen, known jointly as The Pin. After three series of their highly inventive and critically admired Radio 4 show, they have moved into a new medium. But the straightforward sketch show, trotting out and repeating the same characters and situations is not for them.
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