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''Trevor's World of Sport'' began as a 2003

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written and directed by

Andy Hamilton Andrew Neil Hamilton (born 28 May 1954) is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist, novelist and actor. Early life and education Hamilton was born in Fulham, southwest London. He ...

and starring

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as Trevor. One series of the television series was made, followed by three series which were aired on

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, as a continuation of the television series.

Cast

as Trevor Heslop * Paul Reynolds as Sammy Dobbs *

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as Theresa *

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as Barry * Cosima Shaw as Heidrun *

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as Ralph Renton *

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as Meryl

Plot

The series is set in the world of TS Sports – a sports

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firm, run by Trevor Heslop and his partner, the lascivious Sammy Dobbs ( Paul Reynolds). Trevor is portrayed as an essentially decent, honest man in the corrupt money-obsessed industry of sporting celebrity, who is still deeply in love with his estranged wife Meryl (

). The other TS Sports office staff are the cool German receptionist Heidrun (Cosima Shaw), whose

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ism obsesses Sammy; the young black trainee Barry (

); and strongly

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office manager Theresa (

). Andy Hamilton also appears in a minor role within the show, and several actors who have worked in his other comedy shows for television and radio appear. Neil Pearson was in Hamilton's ''

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'', as (briefly) was

who plays TS Sports' only regular client, fading celebrity Ralph Renton.

Episodes

The television series

The radio series

Series 1 Series 2 Series 3

Television Rescheduling

Only one television series was made, and Hamilton felt mistreated by the BBC over the scheduling of the show. The first episode attracted an average of 3.4 million viewers, dropping to 2.9 million for the second and third episodes. The subsequent episodes were rescheduled from Friday evenings (just after the 9:00pm watershed) to Monday nights (after the 10:00pm news), despite the

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issues having already been published listing the originally scheduled transmission dates. Hamilton went public with his displeasure over the show's scheduling and vowed never to work for BBC1 again, though he has since changed his mind.Hamilton said in February 2009 that since those who made the decisions have now moved on, "it would have been daft to nurse that grievance for ever". ''I did it my way: Andy Hamilton'', BBC Radio 7, 09:00 21 February 2009. A radio version was first broadcast on

in 2004, with subsequent series in 2005 and 2007.

DVD release

The complete television series was released on DVD by

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on 6 May 2013.

References

External links

* *{{British Comedy Guide, tv, trevors_world_of_sport
BBC Comedy Guide to this show
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