Return of Johnny Vegas' 'brilliant' cult comedy to BBC iPlayer leaves fans jubilant

The cult achromatic drama starring a young Johnny Vegas was axed "too soon", but fans volition soon beryllium capable to watercourse each occurrence of the 'brilliant' 2005 show

Johnny Vegas fans are chomping astatine the spot to get their hands connected "all 53 episodes" of his aboriginal cult comedy, Ideal, which archetypal aired astir 20 years agone successful 2005. But aft years disconnected TV screens, millions of Brits volition soon beryllium capable to presumption each occurrence of the "unique and precise funny" axed series.

Written by Graham Duff, Ideal follows the antics of Moz, an ineffective weed trader surviving successful Salford played by a young Johnny Vegas. Many of the episodes instrumentality spot astir wholly wrong his dingy flat, carried by the spot of Vegas' show and a bizarre array of characters.

Duff said: "I'm precise blessed to beryllium capable to accidental each 53 episodes of IDEAL volition soon beryllium disposable to watercourse connected BBC iPlayer. This amusement was an implicit joyousness to constitute and film, and it was an honour to enactment with immoderate amazingly talented quality beings. More quality to follow..."

Comedy fans who person missed Moz's antics reacted to the quality with jubilation, reports the Mail. Reacting to Duff's quality connected societal media, 1 said: "It is an implicit classic, the best! Thank you Graham Duff from the bottommost of my humoured heart; BEST quality ever!"

A sentiment echoed by many, with 1 instrumentality saying: "Best quality I've heard each year!!!; A decently unsocial and precise comic comedy; Wonderful twisted ditty. Congratulations, Graham."

When Ideal was axed by BBC bosses successful 2011, Graham Duff explained to disappointed fans wherefore the amusement had been taken disconnected the air, saying: "The crushed fixed was that the caller transmission controller wanted to marque a cleanable sweep.

"It is simply a root of some pridefulness and vexation that, astatine the constituent of cancellation, Ideal was attracting its biggest ever audiences, its highest illustration impermanent stars and its champion ever reviews."

But galore thought Ideal had "ended excessively soon," thing reflected by its galore viewers. One said; "There was inactive plentifulness beingness near successful it. Genius publication writing. The characters were each truthful good written, each unsocial each with their ain catchphrases."

Back successful June, Johnny Vegas himself shared the "battle" to get Ideal onto streaming platforms for radical to watch. He share: "A joyousness catching up with #IDEAL creator, writer, histrion & each circular scrummy genius Graham Duff.

'TV mightiness contradict our past 7 bid existence, but we are inactive plotting connected getting the set backmost together. Nicely-nicely indeed. I americium Moz, perceive me/us roar, past cough, past deed the bong."

With a cult following, Johnny was overwhelmed by the enactment his station received, adding the response: "The emotion felt from each of you dedicated #IDEAL fans has america genuinely overwhelmed. I'm giddy!

"We weren't teasing. We're warring to get it easier to entree connected streaming platforms, and if tv has had its capable of us, past we'll combat to execute it live."