Sorry, I've Got No Head

Sorry, I've Got No Head is a CBBC children's sketch comedy television series. The programme's cast originally consisted of William Andrews, David Armand, James Bachman, Marcus Brigstocke, Anna Crilly, Justin Edwards, Mark Evans, Mel Giedroyc, Marek Larwood, and Nick Mohammed.^[1] The series was produced by So Television.^[2]

Sorry, I've Got No Head
Genre	Satire Sketch comedy
Created by	Jeremy Salsby
Directed by	Ian Curtis
Theme music composer	The Newsmakers
Opening theme	La La
Ending theme	La La (reprise)
Composer	The Newsmakers
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	39
Production
Executive producer	Graham Stuart
Producer	Tom Miller
Production company	So Television
Original release
Network	CBBC BBC One BBC Three
Release	17 June 2008 (2008-06-17) – 12 August 2011 (2011-08-12)

Anne Gilchrist, former CBBC controller, has been credited by her successor for commissioning the series.^[2] Pixelface, another programme by CBBC, is inspired by the show's "Backstage Access" sketches.^[3] Sorry, I've Got No Head was axed by the BBC in 2011 after its third series.^[4]

Reception

James Wignall of The Guardian 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[ped] the Fast Show." 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".^[5]

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".^[6]