James Acaster’s proposed Channel 4 sport present has been scrapped following a pilot episode beset by issues.
The 40-year-old comic was set to host ‘Individuals Individual’, a programme which was initially devised for Dave and noticed comics guess the traits of members of the general public.
Nonetheless, the filming of the pilot was hit with many mishaps, together with a wrestler breaking a sugar glass vase and being left coated in cuts, and it was simply too chaotic a format to make.
Making the confession on the ‘All the time Be Comedy’ podcast, James – who cherished the filming course of – revealed: “It went from having 4 members of the general public and 4 panellists to having 20 members of the general public on stage behind me as nicely, who’re additionally taking part in the sport.
“And people 4 members of the general public who’re guessing … and the studio viewers was there and [they had] issues that they needed to vote with to to say what they thought the correct reply was.”
James added: “At one level I stated to the viewers, ‘I believe what they need to do is simply take these three hours, lower them up into six half hours in actual time and put it out as a sequence.
“I’ve by no means seen them try this earlier than.
“That is completely [what we should do], this has been so nuts.”
Phil Wang, who appeared on the pilot episode, was in suits of laughter and even had “tears streaming” after the wrestler’s ordeal.
Nonetheless, the issues continued as comedian Larry Dean’s gentle up dice was speculated to illuminate, however James admitted it merely did not work.
Talking again in November 2024 about ‘Individuals Individual’, James admitted he was excited for individuals to see the distinctive present.
He stated: “That is greater than only a pilot.
“It is the co-pilot, flight attendants, passengers and the bloke with the paddles on the runway. That is about individuals. And I am a individuals particular person. Let’s do that.”
