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3 Non-Blondes

British hidden camera television series


British hidden camera television series

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imageThree Non-Blondes Poster.jpg
captionDVD cover
runtime30 mins. (approx)
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directorMichael Cumming
starring{{Plainlist
countryUnited Kingdom
languageEnglish
networkBBC Three
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last_aired
num_seasons2
num_episodes19
  • Paul Machliss
  • Huw Jenkins
  • Ninia Benjamin
  • Tameka Empson
  • Jocelyn Jee Esien

3 Non-Blondes is a British hidden camera comedy show (and the group name given to the three comedians who star in it), distributed by the British Broadcasting Corporation on the BBC Three digital network channel, first aired in 2003. It also airs on BBC America and Comedy Channel in Australia.

Ninia Benjamin, Tameka Empson and Jocelyn Jee Esien play a range of comical characters to the unsuspecting public, varying from a fictional celebrity named Marcia Brown to a charity worker who only wants a kiss or a hug instead of a cash donation.

Two series of the comedy have been broadcast. Both were released as a DVD box set on 22 November 2004, distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment. In an interview concerning her own sketch show, Little Miss Jocelyn, Jocelyn hinted a third series would probably not be filmed, as the cast had become too well known. The public would either identify them or play along with the sketches, much to the stars' embarrassment.

In 2003, they were listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest British comedy acts.

In 2007, Trouble TV picked up the series and showed it on Mondays at 9 pm until the channel got axed.

In 2010, Jocelyn Jee Esien starred in her own spin-off to the show called One Non-Blonde: Down Under, which began to air on 21 September. In it she takes three of her characters on a tour of New Zealand.

In 2023, the series was re-aired on BBC Two.

Cast and crew

  • Ninia Benjamin – Herself
  • Tameka Empson – Herself
  • Jocelyn Jee Esien – Herself
  • Gary Reich – Producer
  • Michael Cumming – Director (Season 1)
  • John F.D. Northover – Director (Season 2)
  • Jane Wong – Hidden camera operator
  • Lisa Thomson – Hidden camera operator
  • Kate York – Hidden camera operator
  • Frances Callier – Hidden camera operator
  • Kyra Groves – Hidden camera operator
  • Angela V. Shelton – Hidden camera operator
  • Huw Jenkins – Film editor
  • Paul Machliss – Film editor

References

References

  1. [http://www.tv.com/shows/3-non-blondes/ "3 Non Blondes] {{Webarchive. link. (13 October 2014 , tv.com.)
  2. [http://www.michaelcumming.co.uk/michaelcumming.co.uk/3_non_blondes.html "three non blondes"] {{Webarchive. link. (13 October 2014 , Michael Cumming website.)
  3. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tyrqt ''One Non-Blonde: Down Under'' (trail)], BBC Three.
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