Bad Robots, a brand-new comedy commission for E4

24 July 2014

 

Channel 4 has commissioned Objective Productions to make a brand-new comedy series for E4 called Bad Robots (6 x 30’).

We interact with machines more and more and take them totally for granted, but now it's time for them to get their own back.

Bad Robots features a host of everyday machines, from tanning booths to photo booths, and showcases argumentative vending machines, patently biased pub quiz machines, abusive electronic road signs and overly helpful service tills – all giving their human users a really hard time.

Created by BAFTA winning producer Nathan Eastwood, Bad Robots is a hidden camera show that uses new technology to create infuriating situations and computer-generated pranks.

Phil Clarke, Channel 4’s Head of Comedy said: "The strength of Bad Robots is the simplicity of its idea - it's a show about everyday machines (computers, automatic doors, road signs, self -service tills etc.) pranking people.

“We interact with machines every day; We rely on them utterly, and trust them implicitly. We've learnt to obey their instructions without question. So what happens when the machines go bad? This new prank shows reveals that there is nothing more hilarious, and nothing more enduring, than the human spirit when confronted by a bad robot."

Nathan Eastwood, Executive Producer, Objective Productions said: “It's a really simple idea that gets hilarious reactions: hidden camera comedy at its best.”

Bad Robots is made by Objective Productions, part of the All3 Media Group, for E4. The series is directed by Paul Routledge and produced by Ben Spiteri and Executive Producers are Nathan Eastwood and Andrew Newman. Commissioned by Laura Riseam