Campus

2011
Campus

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EP1 Publication, Publication, Publication Apr 05, 2011

To give Kirke University's bank balance and academic reputation a boost, Vice Chancellor Jonty de Wolfe insists his staff all take a leaf out of mousy maths lecturer Imogen Moffat's best-selling book.

EP2 The Culling Fields Apr 12, 2011

Jonty is forced to make huge spending cuts and jobs are at risk. Hard work, diligence and not telling whopping great fibs on your CV should see you right. So, not looking great for Matt or Nicole.

EP3 Hurricane George Apr 19, 2011

The arrival of apparently heartless restructuring guru George Bryan sends a chilly wind up many a Kirke trouser leg.

EP4 Come Together Apr 26, 2011

Philandering English professor Matt Beer is on a mission to woo icy business consultant George into knee-trembling, resolve-weakening, book-cooking submission.

EP5 Post-Coital May 03, 2011

As George puts the finishing touches to her final report, Matt is plunged into crisis over his recent shenanigans and the idea he might have feelings for another human being.

EP6 The Final Preliminary Report of Doom May 10, 2011

It's the day of reckoning as George delivers her final report. However, 'the news' turns out to be not quite what everyone was anticipating.
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Country: United Kingdom
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Official Website: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/campus Channel 4
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Campus is a semi-improvised British sitcom created by the team behind the comedy sketch show Smack the Pony and hospital-based sitcom Green Wing, led by Victoria Pile who acts as co-writer, producer and director. It is set in the fictitious Kirke University and follows the lives of the staff, in particular the power-crazed and callous vice chancellor Jonty de Wolfe, lazy womanising English literature professor Matt Beer and newly promoted senior mathematics lecturer Imogen Moffat. Campus was first broadcast as a television pilot on Channel 4 on 6 November 2009, as part of the channel's Comedy Showcase season of comedy pilots. A full series was later commissioned and commenced airing on 5 April 2011, with the first episode being a re-shoot and expanded version of the pilot. When first broadcast many critics claimed it was too similar to Green Wing and that much of the humour was offensive. However, others praised the show's dark humour and surrealism. Campus was cancelled after one series due to poor TV ratings. Over the course of the first series the average ratings were 554,000 viewers per episode, or 2.99% of the total audience, which is below the Channel 4 average.

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bigdave-25 It is almost as if someone set out to remake A Very Peculiar Practice but for some reason took the quirky University academics and oddballs interactions setup and manage to make every part of it utterly charmless , desperately trying to be vile but doing so every line for whole scenes with no humour pay-off or character in there. Comes over more like a child wanting to provoke being given attention kicking the back of someone's seat on a bus for an entire journey Tiresome. Disappointing. A blot on many good peoples careers frankly.
rachel_b9 The first few episodes were not exactly enticing, I didn't find it that funny and thought it was rather bland, however I was sort of addicted at the same time. And as the programme went on it became funnier, I am a university student myself and thought it would be funny to watch, especially since I found Green Wing a pretty awesome programme. The only thing that put me off at the start mainly was the overuse of swearing and it didn't suit. Jonty has to be the best character, he's rather unhinged and that therefore makes him one of the funniest. The characters themselves all have basis as well. So giving it a chance worked out just fine, I watched it with my parents who were the ones to recommend it to me in the first place, so it may be quite silly in parts and not to everyone's amusement, but to me it is worth watching... especially towards the end where it gets much funnier. But I have to say, it is not as good as Green Wing. But it is still a pretty decent comedy.
DeepAndMeaningful I tuned into this show simply on the off chance I might enjoy it. I left all expectations of it being 'the sequel to Green Wing' at the door and instead judged it based entirely on it's own merit, because I think that's the fairest thing to do... Thankfully I loved it.Sure it's not to everyone's taste, for some it's too silly, too surreal, too nonsensical and risky. But it still does appeal to many people, especially young adults, probably because it is a likable and fun show for today. The writing is consistently good, the acting is great, and I can safely say I have laughed every episode. I happily recommend anyone to give it a go.
ianlouisiana Trailed on the night of it's transmission as the "Sequel to "Green Wing","Campus"is the nadir of British TV screen writing. Before the first commercial we had the requisite number of "f****s",numerous "sh**s" and one use of the not terribly well - regarded C word as icing on the cake as we discovered how bereft of imagination,originality and humour the script actually was. How could anyone think that presenting the main character as a Ricky Gervais lookalike was going to bring anything other than invidious comparisons? Most of the actors look rather embarrassed but bravely - the poor dears - carried on in the best Showbiz tradition. As the great Stephane Grapelli once said "'ooevair said ze show must go on was a cont". And that's the only word I'll be quoting from the script. In the early eighties "A very peculiar practice" was set in the medical dept of a modern university.It was funny and accurate and believable. None of those words could possibly be applied to "Campus".