In collaboration with GTV and Defort Films, life at the London art dealer Pimlico Wilde will be made into a sitcom with a first season of twenty-four episodes in production already.
“Life in an art dealer is pretty much non-stop hilarity and laughter, so it is ideal for a sitcom. There has not been a sitcom set in an art dealership since the Fifties, when Your Painting or Your Life was broadcast. That only lasted for seven seasons and we have already signed up for ten seasons.”
As a taster we have been given the titles of the first few episodes.
- Whoops! Hanging Pictures is Harder than it Looks. A harassed gallerist accidentally hammers a nail through a renaissance masterpiece, an hour before the King is coming to buy the piece…
- It is by Monet! A collector is unsure whether the painting he has paid $450,000,000 for is actually a Monet. The gallerist assures him that it is and proves it by burning it quickly – Monet is known to have used very flammable paints…
- I though Julia and Donna were your wife and daughter? A misunderstanding leads to an artist having to paint portraits of a billionaire’s favourite hedgehogs…
In associated news, the FTV have announced that they will be reshowing the original episodes of Your Painting or Your Life saying, “Your Painting or Your Life is a wonderful look at fine art in the days of Dick Turpin. If the old series is well received we will be commissioning new episodes.”