Lavender, Teddy Clarke, Paul Alan with Championess and Computer Jones. The episode also sees the return of Synthesizer Patel and Eddie Yorque and includes several further characters: David Mitchell: "Pat Taylor", inventor of the sex-change machine, "Sexmachange". Ryan Cartwright: "Sam Macnamara", associate of Pat Taylor and veteran 'volunteer' of 50–60 sex-changes. Cavan Clerkin: "Adam Sandwich", the British counting backwards champion. Nick Frost: carrier of "HOT JON" placard, whose explanation of its meaning is rendered inaudible due to technical problems. James Serafinowicz: "Cobalt", the blue man. Production A running joke in Series 2 is that all guests, when introduced, enter through a series of large blast doors (similar to those from Get Smart). However, these were filmed against a bluescreen which gave an inferior effect, and the creators stated, on the DVD commentary, that they did not like the joke but felt they were "stuck with it". Leonard Hatred's funny walk was not scripted—it was improvised by Heap. His encounter with Championess in the finale of the second series was also improvised. The "Computers" episode featured clips of fake 1980s computer games created by members of b3ta. Games included "Diarrhea Dan". Broadcast When aired on BBC America in 2006, episodes were edited to fit within a 30-minute time slot with adverts. This triggered a continuity error with the series: Leonard Hatred's initial segment was cut from the first episode, causing him to appear without explanation in the series finale. The series began running on Adult Swim on 18 January 2009. Robert Popper reprised the role of his Look Around You character, Jack Morgan, for an appearance in the music video of the Frankie & The Heartstrings song "Hunger" (2011). Jack is seen hosting a Blue Peter-type programme, and introduces the song. Reception The series was praised for its attention to detail. The Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening called it "one of the funniest shows I've ever seen". On 13 January 2012 Look Around You had its 10th anniversary celebrated by a showing of all episodes of the first series at the BFI Southbank in London. Peter Serafinowicz also released a new short clip entitled "Intermission". References External links 2002 British television series debuts 2005 British television series endings 2000s British satirical television series BBC television comedy Period television series British mockumentary television series Television series about television English-language television shows 'Pataphysics Television series by Fremantle (company) Television series set in the 1980s