Didnt the whole series start off as an idea for a short Comic Relief spot? It obviously worked, so C4 made it from there on in.
I remember they did one episode of Deal or No Deal and then one of countdown, I assume they were going to do a few more different ones but realised straight away that they stumbled upon a perfect recipe for comedy.
Was sat there last night, watching about an hour of clips from 8 out of 10 cats does countdown to his stand up.
It was mentioned somewhere that sometimes a celebrity death just gets you, this one has for me. Just such a funny guy and obviously so likeable by his colleagues and peers.
