Introducing Tony Ferrino - Who? And Why? - A Quest
Written bySteve Coogan
Peter Baynham
Directed byGeoff Posner
StarringSteve Coogan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Production
ProducersGeoff Posner
David Tyler
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release2 January 1997 (1997-01-02)
Related
The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon

Introducing Tony Ferrino - Who? And Why? A Quest was a mockumentary about the life of Tony Ferrino, the parody Portuguese musical megastar played by Steve Coogan. It was written by Coogan and produced by Pozzitive Television.[1]

The interview followed on from The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon, broadcast on New Year's Day, 1997, a spoof concert given by Tony Ferrino (Coogan) which featured pop stars Mick Hucknall, Kim Wilde and Gary Wilmot in cameo roles.[2]

Introducing Tony Ferrino - Who? And Why? A Quest was broadcast the next day, ostensibly as a follow-up interview to maintain the illusion that Tony Ferrino was a real character, in which Peter Baynham joined Coogan as the slightly put-upon interviewer Ross Woollard.[3]

Reception

The character of Tony Ferrino was positively received, with The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon winning a Silver Rose at the Rose D'Or awards in Montreaux.[4] Coogan revived the character in his 1998 national tour 'The Man Who Thinks He's It', described by The Guardian as "raucously funny".[5]

References

  1. ↑ "The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon". 1 January 1997. p. 142 – via BBC Genome.
  2. ↑ Comedy, Pozzitive. "Pozzitive: The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon". pozzitive.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Introducing Tony Ferrino: Who and Why? A Quest" – via www.imdb.com.
  4. ↑ "Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival (1997)". IMDb.
  5. ↑ Benedictus, Leo (21 June 2012). "Comedy gold: Steve Coogan's The Man Who Thinks He's It" – via www.theguardian.com.
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