Well
Big Train was on BBC 2 on a thursday night some time in the late 90's. It had 2 series, and was funny
It ceased after series 2 mainly because there were about 50 comedians involved in the writing, and it wasn't worth their while to be paid pittance to created amazing comedy as a collective
The success of Big Train allowed those 50 comedians to disband off into other projects with smaller pools of writers, and they made their fame shoot offs from Big Train
It's only Youtube that shows people what was missed from those who didn't see Big Train. Jam being another. Spaced also had cult fame years after it was on tv
That's why you've never heard of it, because it was low key at the time, and holds moderate popularlity afterwards
Posted By: pants on January 21st 2015 at 18:05:25
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- I have never heard of Big Train. (General Chat) - CB41, Jan 21, 17:41:11
- ... (General Chat) - norway, Jan 21, 18:14:35
- Well (General Chat) - pants, Jan 21, 18:05:25
- Ah, that explains it. I don't usually hear about cult (General Chat) - CB41, Jan 21, 18:30:48
- Quite surprising how famous Simon Pegg is now, in tv and the US (General Chat) - pants, Jan 21, 18:33:18
- Ah, that explains it. I don't usually hear about cult (General Chat) - CB41, Jan 21, 18:30:48
- lol. potd (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jan 21, 17:48:25
- Yebut, answers please (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jan 21, 17:50:22
- There's a shock. (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jan 21, 17:45:56
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