Trevor's World of Sport


Trevor's World of Sport began as a 2003 BBC television sitcom written and directed by Andy Hamilton and starring Neil Pearson as Trevor. One series of the television series was made, followed by three series which were aired on BBC Radio 4, as a continuation of the television series.

Cast

Plot

The series is set in the world of TS Sports – a sports public relations firm, run by Trevor Heslop and his partner, the lascivious Sammy Dobbs. Trevor is portrayed as an essentially decent, honest man in the corrupt money-obsessed industry of sporting celebrity, who is still deeply in love with his estranged wife Meryl. The other TS Sports office staff are the cool German receptionist Heidrun, whose lesbianism obsesses Sammy; the young black trainee Barry ; and strongly Christian office manager Theresa.
Andy Hamilton also appears in a minor role within the show, and several actors who have worked in his other comedy shows for television and radio appear. Neil Pearson was in Hamilton's Drop the Dead Donkey, as was Michael Fenton Stevens who plays TS Sports' only regular client, fading celebrity Ralph Renton.

Episodes

The radio series

Series 1
EpisodeEpisode titleOriginal broadcast date
1Jason20 August 2004
2Ethics27 August 2004
3Samantha3 September 2004
4Antonia10 September 2004
5Divorce17 September 2004
6Quiz24 September 2004

Series 2
EpisodeEpisode titleOriginal broadcast date
1Work Experience29 November 2005
2Dog6 December 2005
3Stalker13 December 2005
4Trust20 December 2005
5Marathon27 December 2005
6French3 January 2006

Series 3
EpisodeOriginal broadcast date
118 January 2007
225 January 2007
31 February 2007
48 February 2007
515 February 2007
622 February 2007

Television Rescheduling

Only one television series was made, and Hamilton felt mistreated by the BBC over the scheduling of the show. The first episode attracted an average of 3.4 million viewers, dropping to 2.9 million for the second and third episodes. The subsequent episodes were rescheduled from Friday evenings to Monday nights, despite the Radio Times issues having already been published listing the originally scheduled transmission dates. Hamilton went public with his displeasure over the show's scheduling and vowed never to work for BBC1 again, though he has since changed his mind. A radio version was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004, with subsequent series in 2005 and 2007.

DVD release

The complete television series was released on DVD by Acorn Media UK on 6 May 2013.