''Sorry, I've Got No Head'' is a

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television series. The programme's cast originally consisted of William Andrews,

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, Justin Edwards, Mark Evans,

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, and

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. The series was produced by So Television. Anne Gilchrist, former CBBC controller, has been credited by her successor for commissioning the series. ''Pixelface'', another programme by CBBC, is inspired by the show's "Backstage Access" sketches. ''Sorry, I've Got No Head'' was axed by the BBC in 2011 after its third series.

Reception

James Wignall of ''

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'' referred to the show in 2008 as " ''Little Britain'' for kids", also stating that it was "on par" with '' Big Train'', reached the heights of '' Maid Marian and Her Merry Men'', and "easily outstrip ed''

the Fast Show ''The Fast Show'', also known as ''Brilliant'' in the United States, is a BBC comedy sketch show that ran on BBC Two, BBC 2 from 1994 to 1997, with specials in 2000 and 2014. The show's central performers were Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Si ...

''." He reasoned that this was the show did not patronise its audience, and that its actors recognised a wider scope with which they could be "really very silly and surreal indeed". In 2019, CBBC created a ranking of its own shows on social media, ranking ''Sorry, I've Got No Head'' as "God tier", an inclusion which ''Cosmopolitan'' said was "questionable".

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