''This is Jinsy'' is a British comedy series. The pilot was first broadcast on 1 March 2010 on

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. The programme is about the bizarre residents of the fictional island of Jinsy which is based on Guernsey, where the two writers are from. The show was written by Chris Bran and Justin Chubb who also play the leading roles. Although the pilot episode was made for the BBC, the full series of eight episodes was picked up by

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. The first series began airing with a double bill on 19 September 2011 and ended on 31 October 2011. A second series was commissioned and was first broadcast on 8 January 2014.

Cast

* Justin Chubb as Arbiter Maven, various * Chris Bran as Sporall Lertock, various * Alice Lowe as Soosan Noop *

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as Mrs Goadion * Geoff McGivern as Trince *

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as Mr Slightlyman *

Harry Hill Matthew Keith Hall (born 1 October 1964), known professionally as Harry Hill, is an English comedian, presenter and writer. He pursued a career in stand-up following years working as a medical doctor, developing an off-beat, energetic performan ...

as Joon Boolay (Series 1) *

Greg Davies Gregory Daniel Davies ( ; born 14 May 1968) is a Welsh comedian, actor, presenter, and writer. He is best known for his roles as Greg in ''We Are Klang'', Mr Gilbert in ''The Inbetweeners'', Ken Thompson in ''Cuckoo'', the Taskmaster in '' Tas ...

as Jennitta Bishard (Series 2) *

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as The Voice of Miss Reason *

Tim Downie Timothy Richard Downie (born 14 July 1977) is an English actor and writer. He is known for the television series '' Toast of London'', '' Outlander'' and ''Upstart Crow'', and the films '' Paddington'' and ''The King's Speech''. Downie was born i ...

as Jinsy Player * Dave Mounfield as Jinsy Player *

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as Jinsy Player

Episodes

Series 1

Series 2

Production

The pilot of ''This is Jinsy'' was produced by the Welded Tandem Picture Company and filmed at Greenford Studios in July 2009. It was directed by Chris Bran and Justin Chubb; the script editor was

. Production for the first series started at the end of January 2011 and was directed by

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. Charlie Phillips, who worked with Lipsey on ''

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'', is the editor.

Reception

The '' Radio Times'' described the pilot as "infectiously funny as an overstuffed owl. A full series please." '' Time Out'' described it as "a lo-fi joy to behold". Alice-Azania Jarvis, reviewing the first two episodes for ''

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'', calls it "brilliantly done" and "genuinely surreal". Keith Watson writes in '' The Metro'', Bran and Chubb "teetered on the brink of drowning in the ocean of whimsy", but that "''This is Jinsy'' pulled off the trick of turning its multifarious influences into something that felt fresh and new."

Awards

The pilot episode (directed by Bran & Chubb) was nominated in the Sitcom category for the

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2010.Rose d'Or Nominees
. The Rose D'Or 2010 Website Series 1 of ''This is Jinsy'' (directed by Matt Lipsey) was nominated in the Best Sketch Show category for the

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2011.

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:This Is Jinsy 2010 British television series debuts 2014 British television series endings 2010s British comedy television series BBC television sitcoms British surreal comedy television series British musical television series Sky Atlantic original programming Television series set on fictional islands English-language television shows